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BALLPOINT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ballpoint mean?
• BALLPOINT (noun)
The noun BALLPOINT has 1 sense:
1. a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper
Familiarity information: BALLPOINT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
ballpen; ballpoint; ballpoint pen; Biro
Hypernyms ("ballpoint" is a kind of...):
pen (a writing implement with a point from which ink flows)
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