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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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
Some of that money will go towards new ball fields, trails and lighting.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2026
The public still owes another $45 million for the ball field — even as the White Sox are looking to build a new stadium again on a better site, closer to downtown.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
If your entire evening is spent on a ball field or on the go, loading food up and taking it with you is another practical option.
—Dr. Sarah Kinsella, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
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ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
Some of that money will go towards new ball fields, trails and lighting.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2026
The public still owes another $45 million for the ball field — even as the White Sox are looking to build a new stadium again on a better site, closer to downtown.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
If your entire evening is spent on a ball field or on the go, loading food up and taking it with you is another practical option.
—Dr. Sarah Kinsella, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for ball field
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“Ball field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ball%20field. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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