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
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And of course, the park has the requisite harbors, beaches, basketball, pickleball/tennis courts, ball fields and an 18-hole golf course/driving range.
—Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
The first phase includes grading the site, building roadways around the property, constructing ball fields and relocating existing overhead power lines underground, the latter of which has already been completed in a contract with Idaho Power.
—Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 11 June 2026
Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, site of last year's deadly mass shooting, will be getting upgrades to their wiffle ball field thanks to the Minnesota Twins.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 8 June 2026
Knisley has worked with communities where coal ash was used to fill children’s ball fields and seen Tennessee Valley Authority waste piles of the toxic ash piled up behind a public playground, open to the wind.
—ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
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Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
The first phase includes grading the site, building roadways around the property, constructing ball fields and relocating existing overhead power lines underground, the latter of which has already been completed in a contract with Idaho Power.
—Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 11 June 2026
Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, site of last year's deadly mass shooting, will be getting upgrades to their wiffle ball field thanks to the Minnesota Twins.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 8 June 2026
Knisley has worked with communities where coal ash was used to fill children’s ball fields and seen Tennessee Valley Authority waste piles of the toxic ash piled up behind a public playground, open to the wind.
—ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
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“Ball field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ball%20field. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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