Ball

What do we mean by ball?

A formal gathering for social dancing. noun

An extremely enjoyable time or experience. noun

A spherical object or entity. noun

A spherical or almost spherical body. noun

Any of various movable and round or oblong objects used in various athletic activities and games. noun

Such an object moving, thrown, hit, or kicked in a particular manner. noun

A game, especially baseball or basketball, played with such an object. noun

A pitched baseball that does not pass through the strike zone and is not swung at by the batter. noun

A solid spherical or pointed projectile, such as one shot from a cannon. noun

Projectiles of this kind considered as a group. noun

A rounded part or protuberance, especially of the body. noun

A testicle. noun

Courage, especially when reckless. noun

Great presumptuousness. noun

To form into a ball. intransitive verb

To have sexual intercourse with. intransitive verb

A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

A round or ellipsoidal object.

(mildly, usually in the plural) A testicle.

A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.

A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.

Words that are spelled similarly to ball:
ball.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word ball:
bearings, bounced, bounce, batter, balls, foul, wicket, fumble, bounds, umpire, punt, touchdown, kicked, overs, batsman, bowling, kick, kicking, bat, yards, bowler, downs, goalkeeper, net, thrown, referee, threw, throw, offense, penalty, possession, hitting, catch, goal, pitch, recovered, rushing, runner, opposing, quarterback, spin, swing, bearing, clock, dragon, caught, pass, defender, receiver, hit, innings, opponent, score, pitcher, drove, foot, touch, yard, missed, defensive, seconds, hole, shot, leg, scored, tech.

Words that rhyme with ball:
all, call, fall, protocol, wall, banal, hall, stall, recall, cabal, overall, haul, sol, small, gall, alcohol, overhaul, pall, football, mall, doll, install, crawl, squall, wherewithal, atoll, tall, maul, brawl, dall, thrall, forestall, befall, pitfall, sprawl, paul, snowball, windfall, downfall, gaul, baseball, caul, cholesterol, catcall, loll, natal, bawl, trawl, shawl, appall, neanderthal, aerosol, stonewall, shortfall, waterfall, drawl, oddball, basketball, eyeball, blackball, drywall, retinol, nightfall, softball, pol, spall, ethanol, catchall, nepal, dahl, cortisol, fireball, moll, at all, butterball, mothball, scrawl, pratfall, fastball, footfall, hardball, enthral, raul, saul, handball, rainfall, landfall, roll call, freefall, volleyball, coll, bol, luminol, meatball, dol, cannonball, senegal, tal, screwball, mol.

Adjectives that are often used to describe ball:
crystal, first, small, little, red, large, cannon, white, round, big, grand, black, masked, second, foot, pong, soft, hard, golden, tight, fancy, huge, hollow, annual, heavy, fast, tiny, solid, foul, blue, wooden, yellow, hot, base, dress, pro, green, loose, spent, pitched, pound, inaugural, smooth, billiard, spherical, fiery, bright, eight, batted, giant, splendid, smaller, famous, inch, plastic, dead, fair, brilliant, slow, terrestrial, light, fire, elastic, spinning, play, imaginary, leaden, cricket, colored, magnificent, hand, magic, straight, lost, odd, stationary.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective ball:
room, bearings, game, team, games, rooms, playing, players, player, bearing, dress, play, milling, match, court, stage, handling, dresses, cartridges, feet, socket, machine, valve, cartridge, gazing, mill, hitter, model, type, governor, park, courts, field, point, teams, season, club, foot, valves, test, practice, pitcher, technique, tree, method, head, mills, tossing, matches, electroscope, gown, throwing, clouds, era, machines, size, joints, race, ground, soup, contact, flower, hitters, clay, lightning, shot, points, bat, bouncing, chain, gowns, tournament, apparatus, gazers, stroke, offer, flowers, rifle, shape, trick, stick, plays, viscometer, pen, league, pens, pitchers, finials, revolver, tester, pistol, procedure.

Consonant match to ball:
bill, bell, bowl, bull, bail, bale, boil, bile, bole, belle, bawl, boyle, burl, boll, bel, beal, boule, bal, bol, boole, berle, beale, bil, baile, beall, biel, boulle, birle, boal, balle, beel, bolle, bayle, bohl, beil, bille, bahl, behl, buol, biehl, bihl, beyl, boehl.

Words that sound like ball:
ball, bawl, baul, be-all, bol, baal, bolle, bahl, bell, bill, bowl, bull, boil, bail, belle, bile, bale, bal, bel, boyle, bul, beal, bil, bole, boll, bool, balle, beale, boole, beel, boule, boul, baile, biel, boal, bulle, -ble, bille, boel, beil, beall, bayle, bowle, bele, boulle, byl, behl, balh, bihl, boyl, bohl, biehl, beele, buol, baille, bhel, beul, beile, bouille, paul, pall, pol, pawl, paule, paull, balls, baller, bald, brawl, ble, eyeball, balled, burl, balck, balt, bawled, bosch, baw, baugh, bawls, eye ball, bawler, birle, berle, birl, blw, bauch, berl, balz, blh, be all, burle, bosche, brl, bawe, bawley, bouc, baol, bhl, bfl.