Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation promontory
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Examples
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If you've seen American movies like the musical Grease, there is a scene at a big dance at the end and that is called the prom.
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It's been happening for years: High school students plan, work together and create a-once-in-a-lifetime event at the end of the year known as prom.
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It's time again for that annual rite of passage known as prom.
Metro News | ajc.com 2009
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I also have to fix my fangs for the paranormal ball, and decide if I really want to pull out any old dresses and go to the "prom."
Playing Dress Up Jess Granger 2010
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I also have to fix my fangs for the paranormal ball, and decide if I really want to pull out any old dresses and go to the "prom."
Archive 2010-04-01 Shirley Damsgaard 2010
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It isn't barren, not like Youngstown, but it is a vast expanse of nondescript strip malls, chain restaurants and giant windows displaying the overly draped, gathered tafetta dresses for a certain kind of prom.
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There were the highlights of that so-called "prom."
missfickles Diary Entry missfickles 2007
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In the stands, spelled out in 115 luminaria bags, shimmered the word, "prom."
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Let us send an invitation in somebody's name to the senior 'prom.'"
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