Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tennis ball

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables
ten-nis ball
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

tennis balls (plural)

Phrases

tennis racquet

Frequently Paired Words

ball tennis tennis racquet

Questions

What does tennis ball mean?
A hollow, bouncy rubber ball, pressurized and covered with usually yellow felt, used in the game of tennis.
Where does tennis ball come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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