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PRONUNCIATION OF BLOWBALL

blowball  [ˈbləʊˌbɔːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLOWBALL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blowball is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BLOWBALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of blowball in the English dictionary

The definition of blowball in the dictionary is the seed head of a dandelion.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLOWBALL


baseball
ˈbeɪsˌbɔːl
basketball
ˈbɑːskɪtˌbɔːl
cannonball
ˈkænənˌbɔːl
eyeball
ˈaɪˌbɔːl
fireball
ˈfaɪəˌbɔːl
foosball
ˈfuːsˌbɔːl
football
ˈfʊtˌbɔːl
handball
ˈhændˌbɔːl
lowball
ˈləʊˌbɔːl
meatball
ˈmiːtˌbɔːl
netball
ˈnɛtˌbɔːl
oddball
ˈɒdˌbɔːl
pinball
ˈpɪnˌbɔːl
puffball
ˈpʌfˌbɔːl
racquetball
ˈrækɪtˌbɔːl
rollerball
ˈrəʊləˌbɔːl
snowball
ˈsnəʊˌbɔːl
softball
ˈsɒftˌbɔːl
trackball
ˈtrækˌbɔːl
volleyball
ˈvɒlɪˌbɔːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLOWBALL

blow up
blow-by
blow-by-blow
blow-dried
blow-dries
blow-dry
blow-in
blow-out
blow-up
blowback
blowdown
blower
blowfish
blowflies
blowfly
blowgun
blowhard
blowhole
blowie
blowier

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLOWBALL

American football
association football
ball
crystal ball
cue ball
eyeball to eyeball
eyeball-to-eyeball
fantasy football
five-a-side football
golf ball
gumball
hardball
league football
no-ball
on the ball
play-the-ball
screwball
Swiss ball
tennis ball
wrecking ball

Synonyms and antonyms of blowball in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «blowball» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLOWBALL

Find out the translation of blowball to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of blowball from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blowball» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

blowball
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

blowball
570 millions of speakers

English

blowball
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

blowball
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

blowball
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

одуванчик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

blowball
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

blowball
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

blowball
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Blowball
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pusteblume
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

blowball
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

관모
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Blowball
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

blowball
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

blowball
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्लोबॉल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

blowball
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

blowball
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

blowball
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кульбаба
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

blowball
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

blowball
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

paardebloem
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blow
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blowball
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blowball

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLOWBALL»

The term «blowball» is normally little used and occupies the 122.060 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLOWBALL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «blowball» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «blowball» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blowball

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLOWBALL»

Discover the use of blowball in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blowball and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Wildflowers of the Western Plains: A Field Guide
offieinale. Dandelion,. Common. Dandelion,. Blowball. Plant: Winter annual or perennial herb from a long taproot. The root can be !4-3/8 inch thick. The deep green leaves are crowded at the base in a rosette. There are manv leaves, each 2-9 ...
Zoe Merriman Kirkpatrick, 1992
2
Raising Able
Blowball power When Casey was in middle school, she made friends with Vivian Wang, who lived nearby with her sister, parents and grandparents. Going to Vivian's house was like going to little Taiwan. They spoke Mandarin and cooked  ...
Susan Tordella, 2012
3
遊戲百寶箱 1 (中英)
Blowball. 'JC. T: Class, what is this? m&\ Ss: Table tennis? ? T: That,s right. We,re going to play a game called blowball. ;£ia ° §£ tf^H5l5l7L— SQiM blowball 63$!iE • Ss: Are we going to blow table-tennis balls? They are too light. This must be ...
佳音事業機構, 2006
4
Haunts of the Wild Flowers. [With coloured plates.]
Very early writers allude to these fancies, and Ben Jonson calls this head of seeds the blowball— “ Her treading would not bend a blade of grass, Or shake the downy blowball from his stalk ; But like the soft west wind she shot along.
Anne PRATT, 1863
5
Scouting
Have table tennis ball for Blowball (page CUB 3 FEB 86); U.S. flag, materials for skit props and costumes and table decorations, Cub Scout Songbook; Cub Scout Leader How- To Book. Have wooden matches, dime, and bottle for Magic Dime ...
6
Scouting
Have lengths of rope or clothesline, equipment for Indoor Track Meet (page 74. Games for Cub Scouts), scrap materials for blue and gold banquet needs. Cub Seoul Songbook. Have table tennis ball for Blowball (page 68. Den Leader's Book).
7
Wildflowers and the stories behind their names
Dandelion. or. Blowball. or. Lion's. Tooth. The yellow, flowering Dandelion ( Taraxacum officinale) blooms almost everywhere, every month of the year. It opens each day, but only when the sun shines. It closes at night. The word dandelion ...
Phyllis S. Busch, Anne Ophelia Dowden, 1977
8
The English Names of Our Commonest Wild Flowers ...
Bloom-fell— COMMON BIRD'SFOOT TREFOIL. 4. (i) mistake for Broom-fell : see Fell Broom ; (ii) b. a blossom of the fell or hill-side. Blossom— HAWTHORN. Blowball(s)— COMMON DANDELION. 4. A children's game to see in how many tries ...
Robert Fisher, 1932
9
The Muzzleloader
blowball. cankerwort,. chicoria. HERE I GO AGAIN, digging fork in hand, stooped over, attacking the yellow scourge that has come to ruin the wife's impeccable lawn. Scourge? Come on now. There's nothing more edible than the dandelion.
10
A Dictionary of English and Bengalee: Tr. from Todd's Ed. of ...
নরমকরণ৪ মড় ব C ত করণ, Blowii, Blow বাড়ুর ক্রিয়ক্টপশুদরঅর্তীতকক্টল বাচক শব্দ, যথা 1 টিমাকরণ, র্তীন্ধুডা হ্সেকরণ, নিবারণ, র্টইশুষয | হিয়াছে, উন্ডিযাছে, খুঁকিয়াছে, উৰুটীলিত | ]ই]মোঃ]১*, ঞঞ- শুতাতারপে, নূড়ারপে, শুমাটারপে, কর্কশরপে, অর্তী Blowball, ঞ.
Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, Ramcomul Sen, 1834

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLOWBALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blowball is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Once we loved them
Other common names for the dandelion have been: Blowball, Cankerwort, Swine Snout, Wild Endive, Sin in the Grass and another French ... «Albany Times Union, May 15»
2
Invasion of dandelions takes over county
Dandelion, lion's tooth, blowball — whatever you want to call it — that pesky little flower can be a pain in the grass. Read more... Dandelion ... «Ottawaherald.com, Apr 15»
3
Welcome to my World: Dandelions, we love them, we hate them
It is also known by many common names: blowball, candkerwort, doonhead, Irish daisy, milk witch, fortuneteller, Monk's head, puffball, face ... «Boyertown Berk Montgomery Newspapers, Mar 15»
4
The Secret to These LED Lamps Are Real Dandelions
The dandelion, otherwise known as blowball, lion's-tooth, cankerwort, milk-witch, monks-head, priest's-crown, puff-ball, yellow-gowan and Irish ... «Softpedia, May 14»
5
Two new watches from Mr Jones
... the seeds on the watch face of the Blowball disperse and come together again throughout the day. Every time the watch comes to 12 o'clock, ... «WatchPro.com, Oct 13»
6
Buds N Bugs: Tasty and hated dandelions
Dandelions are also regionally called blowball, faceclock and piss-a-beds. Dandelions were brought to the United States from Europe to ... «Apalachicola Times, Jan 13»
7
Gardening Tips: Eight Weeds We Love To Hate
The sunny yellow flowers are pretty, you can eat the young leaves in spring salads, and kids love to make wishes on the blowball seed heads. The problem with ... «Newsolio, Apr 12»
8
Capturing the world through photography, video and multimedia
http://framework.latimes.com/?attachment_id=42645. 27. Link. Drops of morning dew dot a blowball in Hanover. Sunshine and blue skies at the ... «Los Angeles Times, Sep 11»
9
Urban Forager | Growing a Salad in Winter
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), a k a lion's tooth, blowball, faceclock, is one of our most ubiquitous and identifiable weedy plants. Native to ... «New York Times, Feb 11»
10
Rate my marketing!
I would suggest using the later stage, or “blowball,” dandelions instead for full effect. Target market. The second concern is that the hillside in ... «Lawn & Landscape, Jun 10»

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