ball

ball
I
n.
game

1) to play ball

round object used in a sport

2) to bat; bounce; catch; drop; fumble; hit; kick; throw a ball

3) a ball bounces

4) the ball is dead ('the ball does not bounce')

5) a cue; medicine ball

6) (BE) a punching ball (AE has punching bag)

7) a baseball; basketball; football; golf; tennis ball; volleyball

round mass

8) a cotton ball

9) in a ball (to curl up in a ball)

glass object used in fortune telling

10) a crystal ball

misc.

11) to start the ball rolling ('to begin an activity'); (colloq.) on the ball ('efficient'); (AE) to play ball with ('to cooperate with')

II
n.
formal dance

1) to have, organize a ball

2) a costume; fancy-dress; inaugural; masked ball

3) at a ball (to dance at a ball)

4) (misc.) (esp. AE; colloq.) to have a ball ('to enjoy oneself')

* * *
[bɔːl]
fancy-dress
inaugural
masked ball
medicine ball
organize a ball
tennis ball
throw a ball
(colloq.) on the ball ('efficient')
(AE) to play ball with ('to cooperate with')
['formal dance'] to have
['game'] to play ball
['glass object used in fortune telling'] a crystal ball
['round mass'] a cotton ball
['round object used in a sport'] to bat
a baseball
a costume
a cue
a ball bounces
the ball is dead ('the ball does not bounce')
['misc. '] to start the ball rolling ('to begin an activity')
(misc.) (esp. AE; colloq.) to have a ball ('to enjoy oneself)
(BE) a punching ball (AE has punching bag)
in a ball (to curl up in a ball)
at a ball (to dance at a ball)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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