night ‧ club /ˈnaɪtklʌb/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
a place where people go to dance and drink, which is open late at night
REGISTER
In everyday English, people often say club rather than nightclub :
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Do want to go out to a club afterwards?
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THESAURUS
▪ dance an organized social event where people to go dance:
The dance will be held in the school gym.
▪ ball a large formal occasion where people dance:
The University holds a ball at the end of June.
▪ prom a formal dance party for high school students, especially in the US, usually held at the end of a school year:
Who’s your date for the prom?
▪ formal American English a dance at which you must wear formal clothes:
He rented a tuxedo to wear to his company’s holiday formal.
▪ disco a place or social event where people dance to recorded popular music:
She met Nick at a school disco.
▪ club/nightclub a place where people go at night to dance:
We went out for dinner and then to a club.