Webster's English Dictionary

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football

foot.ball \'fu.t-.bo.l\ n 1: any of several games played with a football on 
   a rectangular field havin g two goalposts at each end by two teams whose 
   object is to get the ball over a goal line or between goalposts : as Brit  
   1a: SOCCER  Brit  1b: RUGBY  1c: a game played between two teams of 11 
   players each in which the ball is  in possession of one side at a time and 
   is advanced by running or passing 2a: an inflated oval ball used in the 
   game of football  Brit  2b: a soccer ball  3: something tossed or kicked 
   about : PLAYTHING