English Explanatory Dictionary

fuzzball

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A ball of fuzzy material.
  2. Any soft, fuzzy creature.
  3. A quantum description of a black hole in superstring theory.
  4. A puffball.
  5. An informal American street game resembling baseball.
  6. Synonym of pill (“ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing”).

Word forms

fuzzball fuzzballs fuzzy-ball

Etymology

From fuzz + ball.

Synonyms

furball fluffball pill
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