football

[foot-bawl] / ˈfʊtˌbɔl /

NOUN

a sport

Synonyms

STRONGEST

soccer

STRONG

rugby

WEAK

American football Association football Canadian football grid game gridiron pastime the pigskin sport

NOUN

the ball used in football

Synonyms

STRONG

moleskin oval peanut pigskin pineapple porker sphere watermelon

WEAK

inflated oval regulation football

Example Sentences

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"But obviously feeling relief at the end of the season is nowhere near the standard of the football club."

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Ibsen adds his "childhood dream" was to be a football manager and winning FPL makes him "feel like a football expert".

From BBC • May 27, 2026

And he fell out of love with football for a long time.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Four years ago, Shankland was part of the Beerschot team that had just been relegated to the second tier of Belgian football.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

From two to four o'clock they were back in class, and afterward, they went to the gymnasium or sports field, where they practiced gymnastics, football, boxing, discus and hand-grenade throwing, and wrestling.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple