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light ball

light ball noun: a ball of combustible materials, used to provide light, and sometimes made so as to fired from a cannon or mortar, or to be carried up by a rocket.

Noun

light ball (plural light balls)

  1. (historical) A ball of combustible materials, used to provide light, and sometimes made so as to fired from a cannon or mortar, or to be carried up by a rocket.

Forms of light ball

plurallight balls

Questions about light ball

What does light ball mean?
Light ball means a ball of combustible materials, used to provide light, and sometimes made so as to fired from a cannon or mortar, or to be carried up by a rocket.
What part of speech is light ball?
Light ball is a noun.
What is the plural of light ball?
The plural of light ball is light balls.

Words near light ball in the dictionary

  1. light art
  2. light artillery
  3. light as a feather
  4. light as a feather, stiff as a board
  5. light at the end of the tunnel
  6. light ball
  7. light balls
  8. light barrel
  9. light barrels
  10. light barrier
  11. light bill

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