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foot·ball
 football
- pronunciation:
- fUt
bawl
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a North American game played by two opposing teams on a rectangular field, in which players pass or carry a ball in an effort to transport it to one end of the playing area and thus score points.
- similar words:
- ball
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| definition 2: |
the oval-shaped ball used in the North American game of football.
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| definition 3: |
(chiefly British) a game in which two teams of eleven players attempt to advance a ball into an opposing goal by kicking or striking it with body parts other than the hands and arms; soccer.
- similar words:
- ball
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| definition 4: |
(chiefly British) the round ball used in a game of soccer; soccer ball.
- similar words:
- ball
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