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house ball

house ball noun: a bowling ball kept in a bowling alley, for public use.

Noun

house ball (plural house balls)

  1. A bowling ball kept in a bowling alley, for public use
    Synonyms:
    alley ball
  2. (pinball) A ball that drains without opportunity to hit it with any flipper.

Synonyms of house ball

Forms of house ball

pluralhouse balls

Questions about house ball

What does house ball mean?
House ball means a bowling ball kept in a bowling alley, for public use.
What part of speech is house ball?
House ball is a noun.
What is the plural of house ball?
The plural of house ball is house balls.

Words near house ball in the dictionary

  1. house advantages
  2. house agent
  3. house agents
  4. house arrest
  5. house arrests
  6. house ball
  7. house balls
  8. house band
  9. house bands
  10. house barn
  11. house barns

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