ballet

Definitions

• A classical form of dance.
• A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story.
• The company of persons who perform this dance.
• (music) A light part song, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance composers.
• (heraldry) A bearing in coat of coats of arms representing one or more balls, called bezants, plates, etc., according to colour.
• (figurative) Any intricate series of operations involving coordination between individuals.