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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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 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 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 10 Jun. 2026.

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