# tennis ball

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A hollow, bouncy rubber ball, pressurized and covered with usually yellow felt, used in the game of tennis.

## Etymology
From Middle English teneys-ball (attested in the plural teneys-ballis), equivalent to tennis + ball.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tennis-ball