ball field

noun

variants or ballfield

ˈbȯl-ˌfēld

: a field for playing a sport using a ball

especially : a baseball field

The 14-year-old Astroturf surface at Dean Field in Bloomfield, one of the city's most popular ball fields, will be replaced with real grass next year. —

Jon Schmitz

In Minneapolis, they tore down Met Stadium for a polyester ballfield with a roof over it, a ghostly greenish plastic baseball mall, and all those lovely summer nights were lost. —

Garrison Keillor

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The 54-year-old victim was blasted once in the groin by the pair, who were riding old-school scooters, on Dec. 5 around 12:19 p.m. near Glenwood Rd. and Williams Ave., next to the Breukelen ball fields, in Canarsie, cops said. —

Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2025 The ball fields have been updated and relocated to include batting cages. —

Jacqueline Devine, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2024 Outside locations, such as a camp ground or a ball field, were the second most common, making up 41% of deaths. —

Elizabeth B. Kim, USA TODAY, 23 June 2024 Josh Rojas can fill just about any spot on the ball field. —

Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for ball field