tennis ball

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hollow, bouncy rubber ball, pressurized and covered with usually yellow felt, used in the game of tennis.

Word forms

tennis ball tennis balls

Etymology

From Middle English teneys-ball (attested in the plural teneys-ballis), equivalent to tennis + ball.

Related words

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