: a small ball of chopped or ground meat often mixed with bread crumbs and spices
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The dish requires little description: a shirt-splattering jumble of pasta and marinara joined by a pair of rotund, springy beef meatballs slightly larger than golf balls.—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025 Entree-wise, the spaghetti and meatballs ($24) are fantastic.—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 In the photo, the doting mom showed their matching bowls of cottage cheese, chicken meatballs, eggs and avocado.—Kayla Grant, People.com, 30 June 2025 There’s also a kids menu featuring spaghetti and meatballs, chicken tenders, a cheeseburger, cheese quesadilla, ice cream and cookies.—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for meatball
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