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ball noun

  /bɑl/ , /bɔl/ , /bɔːl/
  • (printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
 bal, kloot
  • A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
 bol, bal
  • (mildly, vulgar, slang, usually, in the plural) A testicle.
 bal, kloot, ballen, kloten
  • A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.
 kluwen, bolleke, bolletje
  • (in the plural) Courage.
 kloten aan z’n lijf
  • (ballistics, firearms) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, rifle, gun, etc.
 kogel
  • (mathematics) The set of points in a metric space of any number of dimensions lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point.
 bol

ball noun

  /bɑl/ , /bɔl/ , /bɔːl/
  • A formal dance.
 bal, gala

balls noun

  /bɑlz/ , /bɔːlz/
  • (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.
 ballen, kloten
ball game
balspel
ball bearing
kogellager
ball boy
ballenjongen
ball lightning
bolbliksem
golf ball
golfbal
ball sack
balzak
ball girl
ballenmeisje
ball pit
ballenbak
tennis ball
tennisbal
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