kissing ball
Syllables: kiss·ing ball/ˈkɪsɪŋ ˌbɔːl/US/ˈkɪsɪŋ ˌbɔl/
kissing ball noun: a hanging ornament, often used as a Christmas decoration, made by arranging plant parts, especially sprigs of holly or mistletoe, and evergreen leaves, into a ball shape.
Noun
kissing ball (plural kissing balls)
- A hanging ornament, often used as a Christmas decoration, made by arranging plant parts, especially sprigs of holly or mistletoe, and evergreen leaves, into a ball shape.
- The Division Office employees and their families enjoyed a Christmas party at the Highway Patrol clubhouse […] Clara Moran and Jackie Russ were responsible for the decorations—a tree and "kissing ball" of mistletoe …1953 March–April, Sam M. Wilson, “Division Three”, in Margaret Burk, editor, North Carolina Roadways: A Magazine for Employees of the State Highway Commission, Raleigh, N.C.: Highway Information...
- Kissing balls using fresh or dried herbs, flowers, cones, berries, or fresh greens make wonderful holiday decorations.1991, Susan Hight Rountree, “Cones, Topiaries, and Kissing Balls”, in Christmas Decorations from Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Va.: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, published 1992, →ISBN, page 83
Forms of kissing ball
| plural | kissing balls |
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Origin of kissing ball
From kissing (noun) + ball (noun), from the custom of people kissing under the suspended ornament: see the 2001 quotation.
Words that rhyme with kissing ball
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- pall
- paul
- recall
- tall
- Donegal
- saul
- forestall
- Saint Paul
- all
- appall
- hauler
- maul
- overcall
- overhaul
- scrawl
- withcall
- befall
- brawl
- drawl
- install
- set out one's stall
- sing small
- bawl
- orle
- spall
- sprawl
- squall
- trawl
- withal
- y'all
- acrawl
- awl
- infall
- moneyball
- overall
- pawl
- saule
- Senegal
- shawl
- spawl
- tell all
- yawl
- appal
- asprawl
- at all
- aul
- becrawl
- bescrawl
Questions about kissing ball
- What does kissing ball mean?
- Kissing ball means a hanging ornament, often used as a Christmas decoration, made by arranging plant parts, especially sprigs of holly or mistletoe, and evergreen leaves, into a ball shape.
- What part of speech is kissing ball?
- Kissing ball is a noun.
- How do you pronounce kissing ball?
- Kissing ball is pronounced /ˈkɪsɪŋ ˌbɔːl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of kissing ball?
- The plural of kissing ball is kissing balls.
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