Entry Word: ¹ball

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a more or less round body or mass <the little rubber ball used in racquetball> <a ball of string>

Synonyms globe, orb, sphere

Related Words egg, oval; circle, ring, round; chunk, clump, gob, hunk, lump, nugget, wad

Near Antonyms block, cube, rectangle, square

2 a usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm <found a cache of musket balls while excavating the old fort> — see bullet