: a small ball of chopped or ground meat often mixed with bread crumbs and spices
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One guest chef had been making meatballs and polenta all day for a segment.
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Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Federal health officials are warning consumers not to eat certain heat-and-eat beef meatball pasta meals sold at Walmart stores because they may be contaminated with listeria bacteria previously linked to a deadly outbreak.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Soup and meatballs on the steam table also measured outside of the temperature range considered safe.
—Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Meat substitutes are made from plant foods to imitate the taste and texture of ground beef, meatballs, bacon, chicken patties, and fish fillets.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 25 Sep. 2025
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Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Federal health officials are warning consumers not to eat certain heat-and-eat beef meatball pasta meals sold at Walmart stores because they may be contaminated with listeria bacteria previously linked to a deadly outbreak.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Soup and meatballs on the steam table also measured outside of the temperature range considered safe.
—Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Meat substitutes are made from plant foods to imitate the taste and texture of ground beef, meatballs, bacon, chicken patties, and fish fillets.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 25 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for meatball
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“Meatball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meatball. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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meatball
noun
meat·ball
-ˌbȯl 
: a small ball of chopped or ground meat
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