Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

captain ball

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English

Syllables: cap-tain ball
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A team captain.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A game in which teams of seven or more players compete to pass the ball to one team member who is stationed in a circle at their end of the playing area.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

captain balls (plural)

Questions

What does captain ball mean?: A team captain.

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