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- [med-uh-sin or, esp. British, med-suh n bawl]
- /ˈmɛd ə sɪn or, esp. British, ˈmɛd sən bɔl/
- /ˈmedsn bɔːl/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [med-uh-sin or, esp. British, med-suh n bawl]
- /ˈmɛd ə sɪn or, esp. British, ˈmɛd sən bɔl/
Definitions of medicine ball words
- noun medicine ball a large, solid, heavy, leather-covered ball, thrown from one person to another for exercise. 1
- noun medicine ball ball used in weight training 1
- noun medicine ball a heavy ball used for physical training 0
- noun medicine ball a large, heavy, leather-covered ball, tossed from one person to another for physical exercise 0
- noun medicine ball A large, heavy sphere of leather or plastic filled with sand and used for athletic training or physical rehabilitation. 0
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Origin of medicine ball
First appearance:
before 1890 One of the 20% newest English words
First recorded in 1890-95
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Medicine ball
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
medicine ball popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 58% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
medicine ball usage trend in Literature
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