prom
noun/prɒm/
/prɑːm/
- (especially in the US) a formal dance, especially one that is held at a high school
- the senior prom
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- (British English, informal, becoming old-fashioned) a promenade (= a public place for walking, usually a wide path next to the sea)
- to walk along the prom
- (British English) a concert at which many of the audience stand up or sit on the floor (the abbreviation for ‘promenade concert’)
- the last night of the proms
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