ball field

noun

variants or ballfield

ˈbȯl-ˌfēld 

: 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

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

Examples of ball field in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Search for debris ongoing Monville estimated that a debris field from the crash measured about one-half mile by four-tenths of a mile in size and was scattered among ball fields, businesses and houses. — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

At least one person on the ground suffered a leg injury, while debris from the aircraft was scattered across ball fields, businesses and homes. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Advertisement Article continues below this ad The debris field stretches about four-tenths of a mile, or roughly half a mile, and includes residences, businesses and a ball field, Monville said. — Katey Psencik, Austin American Statesman, 2 Nov. 2026

And local legend has it that members of the Jefferson Airplane played softball against the Grateful Dead in a downtown ball field on more than one occasion in the late 1960s and early 1970s. — Ben Davidson, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1760, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ball field

• afield
• airfield
• annealed
• appealed
• brownfield
• coalfield
• concealed
• congealed
• cornfield
• downfield
• goldfield
• hayfield