meat ball
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of meatball.
Example Sentences
- "Having been instructed by my wife never to address me in French or Flemish, and being incapable of announcing lunch in any other tongue, he simply raised one arm in a long, eloquent sweep toward the stairs and the smell of meat balls, and departed. […] Picking up a meat ball between thumb and forefinger, he bent stiffly from the waist and handed it to Palsy, dreaming, I do not doubt, of his life in Washington, among decent people."
- "THE riddle of the holiday entertaining season might be “What dish can he made ahead of time with a minimum of effort and served as an appetizer or a main dish at a buffet or a sit‐down supper?” The answer is meat balls, which can be prepared and served according to the demands of the occasion. “The Burger Cookbook” by Ruth Ellen Church lists 44 variations on the meat ball theme."
- "For those who like a fine, lean pork meat ball in a rich brown sauce, stewed meat balls (like the shrimp dish, formed in the shape of flat cakes) is the answer."