"beetball" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-beetball.wav Forms: beetballs [plural]
Etymology: Blend of beet + meatball Etymology templates: {{blend|en|beet|meatball}} Blend of beet + meatball Head templates: {{en-noun}} beetball (plural beetballs)
  1. A spherical food made from mashed beets, used as a vegetarian substitute for meatballs. Categories (topical): Foods, Vegetarianism
    Sense id: en-beetball-en-noun-wvYH4kN5 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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