HyperDic: ballpoint

English > 1 sense of the word *ballpoint*:
NOUN	artifact	ballpoint, ballpoint pen, ballpen, Biro	a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper

ballpoint > pronunciation
Sounds	bao'lpoynt
Rhymes	anoint ... wellpoint: 18 rhymes with oynt...

English > *ballpoint*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper.
Synonyms	ballpoint pen, ballpen, Biro
Broader	pen	A writing implement with a point from which ink flows
Spanish	birome, bolígrafo, esferógrafo
Catalan	bolígraf