ball field
noun
variants
or ballfield
: a field for playing a sport using a ball
especially
: a baseball field
The 14-year-old Astroturf surface at Dean Field in Bloomfield, one of the city's most popular ball fields, will be replaced with real grass next year. —
Jon Schmitz
Jon Schmitz In Minneapolis, they tore down Met Stadium for a polyester ballfield with a roof over it, a ghostly greenish plastic baseball mall, and all those lovely summer nights were lost. —Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor Examples of ball field in a Sentence
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The waste seeped into large swaths of soil, including on land that later became ball fields.
—Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Carroll County’s Department of Recreation and Parks will also not get funding to install additional lighting for ball fields at both Cape Horn Park in Hampstead and Mayeski Park in Sykesville.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2024
All services are free at the center, which features not just sports facilities — including a basketball court funded by the Detroit Pistons and a ball field provided by the Detroit Tigers — but also classes in robotics, music, art, dance, photography and the like.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
Dulce was last seen at Bridgeton City Park’s ball fields and playground area on September 16, 2019, CNN previously reported.
—Marlon Sorto, CNN, 15 Sep. 2023
The outdoor complex would include 10 multipurpose courts of artificial turf that would not require the same level of maintenance compared with other ball fields, Couch said.
—Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2023
The victim’s older sister, reading from notes, told the court that her brother plays baseball, and the stabbing injury will keep him from the ball field for six to eight weeks.
—oregonlive, 11 Apr. 2023
Other facilities planned, under construction or completed in El Corazon include the El Corazon Senior Center, the William A. Wagner Aquatics Center, the SoCal Sports soccer fields, apartment buildings, ball fields and more.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2023
The site is located just a couple of minutes from the Valley View Casino in the parking lot of a ball field often used by members of the community on North Wohlford Road.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023
Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Carroll County’s Department of Recreation and Parks will also not get funding to install additional lighting for ball fields at both Cape Horn Park in Hampstead and Mayeski Park in Sykesville.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2024
All services are free at the center, which features not just sports facilities — including a basketball court funded by the Detroit Pistons and a ball field provided by the Detroit Tigers — but also classes in robotics, music, art, dance, photography and the like.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
Dulce was last seen at Bridgeton City Park’s ball fields and playground area on September 16, 2019, CNN previously reported.
—Marlon Sorto, CNN, 15 Sep. 2023
The outdoor complex would include 10 multipurpose courts of artificial turf that would not require the same level of maintenance compared with other ball fields, Couch said.
—Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2023
The victim’s older sister, reading from notes, told the court that her brother plays baseball, and the stabbing injury will keep him from the ball field for six to eight weeks.
—oregonlive, 11 Apr. 2023
Other facilities planned, under construction or completed in El Corazon include the El Corazon Senior Center, the William A. Wagner Aquatics Center, the SoCal Sports soccer fields, apartment buildings, ball fields and more.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2023
The site is located just a couple of minutes from the Valley View Casino in the parking lot of a ball field often used by members of the community on North Wohlford Road.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023
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“Ball field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ball%20field. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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