Look up ball in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

A ball is used for throwing or kicking. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Balls are usually hollow and spherical but can be other shapes, such as ovoid (only in a few special cases) or solid (as in billiards). ...

In games:

• Bungee Ball, a toy
• In Bowling (cricket), a ball is one delivery of the cricket ball to the batsman by the bowler
• Ball (baseball statistics), a pitch not swung at, nor in the strike zone

In math and science: Image:Bungeeball. ... Darren Gough bowling In the sport of cricket, bowling is the action of propelling the ball toward the wicket defended by a batsman. ... Strike zone boundaries (MLB) Definition In baseball, the strike zone is a conceptual rectangular area over home plate which defines the boundaries through which a pitch must pass in order to count as a strike when the batter does not swing. ...

• Ball (mathematics), the solid interior of a sphere
• "Buckyball", or fullerene

Spherical balls: The solid interior of a sphere or circle; in mathematics, latter terms refer specifically to the (n-1)-dimensional surface of an n-dimensional solid ball. ... A sphere is a perfectly symmetrical geometrical object. ... The fullerenes, discovered in 1985 by researchers at Rice University, are a family of carbon allotropes named after Richard Buckminster Fuller. ...

• Another name for round shot, a projectile fired from guns and cannons.
• Any collection of flexible material such as twine or rubber bands collected or wound into a spherical shape, as in a ball of yarn
• A collection of insects, especially bees, used in collective defense against larger insects such as predatory wasps - see honey bee defense
• Ben Wa balls, used for massage and meditation purposes, as well as female masturbation or anal pleasure
• RB-79 Ball a fictional weapon from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam
• Bauble or ball, see Christmas tree

Other uses: Different types of cannon balls recovered from the Vasa, sunk in 1628 Round shot is a type of projectile fired from guns or cannons. ... The honeybee is a colonial insect that is often maintained, fed, and transported by farmers. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The RB-79 Ball is a fictional weapon from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam. ... A Christmas tree from 1900. ...

• Ball (dance), a social gathering
• Ball, a slang verb for copulation
• Balls, slang term for testicles
• Balls, slang term used for courage or spunk
• Ball (anatomy), a bottom part of the foot
• BALL (Biochemical Algorithms Library), C++ library containing common algorithms used in biochemistry and bioinformatics
• Ball (Iron Butterfly album) (1969), by Iron Butterfly
• Ball (Napoleon Murphy Brock album) (2002), by Napoleon Murphy Brock
• Ball (Widespread Panic album) (2003), by Widespread Panic
• Bawls, a high caffeine soft drink

Places, organizations: A ball is a formal dance. ... A pair of lions copulating in the Maasai Mara, Kenya. ... Human male anatomy The testicles, known medically as testes (singular testis), are the male generative glands in animals. ... The ball of the foot is where the toes join with the rest of the foot. ... Balls are usually hollow and spherical but can be other shapes, such as ovoid (only in a few special cases) or solid (as in billiards). ... Ball is a studio album by the rock band Iron Butterfly, released in February 1969. ... Napoleon Murphy Brock Napoleon Murphy Brock is an American singer, saxophonist and flautist who is best known for his work with Frank Zappa in the 1970s. ... On April 15, 2003 (see 2003 in music), Widespread Panic released Ball, their first studio album with George McConnell on lead guitar. ... Bawls Guarana is a soft drink containing a relatively large amount of caffeine (approximately 80 mg per 12 oz and 67 mg per 10 oz bottle). ...

• Ball, Louisiana, a city in the United States
• Ball Corporation, a U.S. packaging manufacturer
• Ball State University
• Blue Ball, Pennsylvania, USA

People named "Ball": Ball is a town located in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. ... Ball Corporation, earlier Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Co. ... Ball State University is a state-run university located in Muncie, Indiana. ... Blue Ball is a town in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania near 40°N 76°W. Blue Ball lies approximately 2 miles east-northeast of the town of New Holland, Pennsylvania at the intersection of US 322 and PA Route 23. ...

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