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
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

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Artificial turf will also be installed at the ball fields, Buckshi said. Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2025 The park features inland lakes and streams, hiking trails, picnic shelters, ball fields, fishing, mountain biking and more. Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025 The location had a balcony overseeing Petco Park, a ball field. Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2025 Kansas City’s wiffle ball field The reason is simple: Ungashick and his spouse, Amy, are about to place their 5-bedroom, 5-bath home — purchased in 2011 for $480,000, and now valued around $2 million — on the market. Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for ball field

Word History

First Known Use

1760, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ball field was in 1760

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“Ball field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ball%20field. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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