Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

white ball

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.91 in modern English

Syllables: white ball
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

limited overs cricket, as distinct from first-class cricket

Uncountable

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, ball.

Uncountable

name

A hamlet in Sampford Arundel parish, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST0918).

Example Sentences

"His team was scheduled to play a white ball match against England."
"Kohli says that his white-ball batting is essentially an extension of his Test batting."
"Adil Rashid has put his ambitions for a Test return on hold and negotiated a new white-ball deal at Yorkshire after losing some of his appetite for the first-class game. ... “I’ve made the decision to just concentrate on white ball, something which makes me very happy and gives me the best chance of improving my cricket,” said Rashid."

Etymology

Presumably named after White Ball Hill. Whiteball Tunnel, under the boundary with Devon, would have been named after the hill.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

white-ball (alternative) Whiteball (alternative)

Antonyms

red ball

Questions

What does white ball mean?: limited overs cricket, as distinct from first-class cricket
Where does white ball come from?: Presumably named after White Ball Hill. Whiteball Tunnel, under the boundary with Devon, would have been named after the hill.

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