tennis ball

noun

a hollow ball used in tennis, made of rubber with a fuzzy covering of woven Dacron, nylon, or wool.

Origin of tennis ball

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Words nearby tennis ball

Tennessee walking horse, Tennessee warbler, tennessine, Tenniel, tennis, tennis ball, tennis bracelet, tennis elbow, tennis shoe, tennis thumb, tenno

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Example sentences from the Web for tennis ball

She picked up a tennis-ball that was lying on the edge of the grass.
The Rubicon|E. F. Benson
The company kicked about the poor diabolic writer's head as if it had been a tennis-ball.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845|Various
In the gutter by this path lay a tennis-ball, neglected and desolate.
The Judgment Books|Edward Frederic Benson
Its state is such as once was Rome's, when, like a tennis-ball, she leaped into the racket of young Octavius.
Fiesco or, The Genoese Conspiracy|Friedrich Schiller

Marry, he makes as little of these gates as if he were a tennis-ball and they the net.
Helmet of Navarre|Bertha Runkle

British Dictionary definitions for tennis ball

tennis ball

noun

a hollow rubber ball covered with felt, used in tennis

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单词	tennis ball
释义	tennis ball noun a hollow ball used in tennis, made of rubber with a fuzzy covering of woven Dacron, nylon, or wool. Origin of tennis ball late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50 Words nearby tennis ball Tennessee walking horse, Tennessee warbler, tennessine, Tenniel, tennis, tennis ball, tennis bracelet, tennis elbow, tennis shoe, tennis thumb, tenno Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tennis ball She picked up a tennis-ball that was lying on the edge of the grass. The Rubicon\|E. F. Benson The company kicked about the poor diabolic writer's head as if it had been a tennis-ball. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845\|Various In the gutter by this path lay a tennis-ball, neglected and desolate. The Judgment Books\|Edward Frederic Benson Its state is such as once was Rome's, when, like a tennis-ball, she leaped into the racket of young Octavius. Fiesco or, The Genoese Conspiracy\|Friedrich Schiller Marry, he makes as little of these gates as if he were a tennis-ball and they the net. Helmet of Navarre\|Bertha Runkle British Dictionary definitions for tennis ball tennis ball noun a hollow rubber ball covered with felt, used in tennis Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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