football
♦♦ foot|ball /f'ʊtbɔːl/ (footballs)
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Football is a game played by two teams of eleven players using a round ball. Players kick the ball to each other and try to score goals by kicking the ball into a large net. (BRIT; in AM, use soccer)
Several boys were still playing football on the waste ground.
...Arsenal Football Club.
...Italian football fans.
= soccer
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Football is a game played by two teams of eleven players using an oval ball. Players carry the ball in their hands or throw it to each other as they try to score goals that are called touchdowns. (AM; in BRIT, use American football)
Two blocks beyond our school was a field where boys played football...
This year's national college football championship was won by Princeton.
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A football is a ball that is used for playing football.Ameri|can foot|ball (American footballs)
in AM, use football
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American football is a game similar to rugby that is played by two teams of eleven players using an oval-shaped ball. Players try to score points by carrying the ball to their opponents' end of the field, or by kicking it over a bar fixed between two posts. (BRIT)
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An American football is an oval-shaped ball used for playing American football. (BRIT)foot|ball pools
[N-PLURAL] the N
If you do the football pools, you take part in a gambling competition in which people try to win money by guessing the results of football matches. (BRIT)
= pools
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Football is a game played by two teams of eleven players using a round ball. Players kick the ball to each other and try to score goals by kicking the ball into a large net. (BRIT; in AM, use soccer)
Several boys were still playing football on the waste ground.
...Arsenal Football Club.
...Italian football fans.
= soccer
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
Football is a game played by two teams of eleven players using an oval ball. Players carry the ball in their hands or throw it to each other as they try to score goals that are called touchdowns. (AM; in BRIT, use American football)
Two blocks beyond our school was a field where boys played football...
This year's national college football championship was won by Princeton.
3 [N-COUNT]
A football is a ball that is used for playing football.Ameri|can foot|ball (American footballs)
in AM, use football
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
American football is a game similar to rugby that is played by two teams of eleven players using an oval-shaped ball. Players try to score points by carrying the ball to their opponents' end of the field, or by kicking it over a bar fixed between two posts. (BRIT)
2 [N-COUNT]
An American football is an oval-shaped ball used for playing American football. (BRIT)foot|ball pools
[N-PLURAL] the N
If you do the football pools, you take part in a gambling competition in which people try to win money by guessing the results of football matches. (BRIT)
= pools