- ball - round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games; "the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve"; "the mayor threw out the first ball"; "the ball rolled into the corner pocket"
--1 is a kind of game equipment
--1 has particulars:- musket ball, ball - a solid ball shot by a musket; "they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball"
--2 is a kind of shot, pellet
- ball, globe, orb - an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire"
--3 is a kind of sphere
--3 has particulars:crystal ball; mothball, camphor ball; time-ball; fireball; fireball; globule; spherule; pellet; bolus - ball - the people assembled at a lavish formal dance; "the ball was already emptying out before the fire alarm sounded"
--4 is a kind of dance
--4 has part: promenade- testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg - one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"
--5 is a kind of male reproductive gland; gonad, sex gland
--5 is a part of
--5 has parts:male reproductive system; male genitalia, male genitals, male genital organ, family jewels
--5 has particulars: cobblers; undescended testis, undescended testicletesticular artery, internal spermatic artery, arteria testicularis; testicular vein, vena testicularis; seminiferous tubule; epididymis; rete testis; vas deferens, ductus deferens; spermatic cord - ball - a spherical object used as a plaything; "he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub"
--6 is a kind of plaything, toy
--6 has particulars: beach ball; snowball- Ball, Lucille Ball - United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)
--7 is a kind of actress; comedienne
- ball, clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk - a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"
--8 is a kind of agglomeration
--8 has particulars: clot, coagulum; gob; clew- ball - a lavish formal dance
--9 is a kind of dance
--9 has particulars:cotillion, cotilion; masked ball, masquerade ball, fancy-dress ball; promenade, prom - ball - a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass; ball of the human foot or ball at the base of the thumb; "he stood on the balls of his feet"
--10 is a kind of structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
--10 is a part of sole; hand, manus, mitt, pawDerived form: verb ball1 - baseball, baseball game, ball - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empy lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
--11 is a kind of ball game, ballgame
--11 has particulars:- ball - a pitch that is not in the strike zone; "he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him"
--12 is a kind of pitch, delivery
- musket ball, ball - a solid ball shot by a musket; "they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball"