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puffball

/ˈpʌfˌbɔːl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables
puff-ball
IPA
/ˈpʌfˌbɔːl/
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various fungi, usually globose, that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies, especially in family Lycoperdaceae.

noun

Any of various mushrooms with globose fruiting bodies.

noun

A dandelion flower that has gone to seed, a dandelion clock.

noun

Something lacking substance.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From puff + ball.

Inflected Forms

puffballs (plural)

Phrases

brain puffball brown puffball common puffball corkstar puffball Curtis's puffball dusky puffball dusty puffball dwarf puffball

Synonyms

earthball false truffle hard-skinned puffball true puffball

Questions

How do you pronounce puffball?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpʌfˌbɔːl/.
What does puffball mean?
Any of various fungi, usually globose, that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies, especially in family Lycoperdaceae.
Where does puffball come from?
From puff + ball.

How to pronounce puffball

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