American Dictionary
Definition football in American English
football
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
Differences between American and British English: football
In the U.S., football is a sport in which players throw, kick, or carry an oval ball into an area at the end of the field to score points. British speakers call this sport American football. In the U.K., football refers to a sport in which players try to score goals by kicking a round ball into a large net. American speakers call this sport soccer.
a game in which two teams of eleven players run with, throw, or kick an oval ball to the end of a field to score
relating to football
