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a more or less round body or mass
- the little rubber ball used in racquetball
- a ball of string
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a usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm
- found a cache of musket balls while excavating the old fort
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ball
noun (2)Synonyms of ball (Entry 2 of 3)
a social gathering for dancing
- a ball to celebrate the inauguration
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“Ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ball. Accessed 16 Oct. 2021.
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