tennis ball

noun
a hollow ball used in tennis, made of rubber with a fuzzy covering of woven Dacron, nylon, or wool.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English

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tennis ball
 
—n
a hollow rubber ball covered with felt, used in tennis

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