ball

¹ball

noun

Definition of BALL

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 bead, globule; egg, ellipse, loop, oval, spheroid; circle, ring, rondure, 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>

Synonyms ball, pellet

Related Words ammunition, cannonball, cap, cartridge, charge, dumdum, gunshot, lead, load, missile, pop, projectile, round, shell, shot, slug

Near Antonyms blank