How to pronounce ball in English

"Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as a ball of twine; a ball of snow."

"A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with as by throwing knocking kicking etc."

"A general name for games in which a ball is thrown kicked or knocked. See Baseball and Football."

"Any solid spherical cylindrical or conical projectile of lead or iron to be discharged from a firearm; as a cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets."

"A flaming roundish body shot into the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire or to produce smoke or stench; as a fire ball; a stink ball."

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cushion fastened to a handle called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form but now superseded by the roller."

"A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot."

"A large pill a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses; a bolus."

"The globe or earth."

"To gather balls which cling to the feet as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as the horse balls; the snow balls."

"To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling."

"To form or wind into a ball; as to ball cotton."

"A social assembly for the purpose of dancing."