: a small ball of chopped or ground meat often mixed with bread crumbs and spices
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Health inspectors gave the Mediterranean restaurant a yellow placard after chicken, potatoes and meatballs measured at unsafe temperatures.
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Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Skip the spaghetti, and let meatballs shine in this bowl of cheesy, hearty, comforting recipe.
—Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
Taking a cue from French onion soup, this casserole takes all those iconic flavors and mashes them up with rice and meatballs.
—Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2025
My spaghetti noodles were swirled around three meatballs on my plate.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2025
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Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Skip the spaghetti, and let meatballs shine in this bowl of cheesy, hearty, comforting recipe.
—Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
Taking a cue from French onion soup, this casserole takes all those iconic flavors and mashes them up with rice and meatballs.
—Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2025
My spaghetti noodles were swirled around three meatballs on my plate.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Meatball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meatball. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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meatball
noun
meat·ball
-ˌbȯl 
: a small ball of chopped or ground meat
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