ball

CEFRA1

/bɔːl/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A round object used in games or sports.

  2. 02

    noun

    A formal social event with dancing.

Examples

  • The ball bounced twice before he could reach it.

  • The ball rolled into the stream.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /baːl/
  • /boːl/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Homologue or analogue of a disk in the Euclidean plane., In 3-dimensional Euclidean space, the volume bounded by a sphere.

  2. A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

  3. A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.

More examples

In context

  • a ball of spittle; a fecal ball

  • a ball of wool; a ball of twine

  • The ball curved slightly.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English bal, ball, balle, from an unattested Old English *beall, *bealla (“round object, ball”) or Old Norse bǫllr (“a ball”), both from Proto-Germanic *balluz, *ballô (“ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰol-n- (“ball, bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Cognate with Old Saxon ball, Dutch bal, Old High German bal, ballo (German Ball (“ball”); Ballen (“bale”)). Related forms in Romance are borrowings from Germanic. See also balloon, bale.