Definition of: football

(ft′bôl′) noun
1. U.S. A game played between two teams, properly of eleven men each, on a field with goals at each end, points being scored by running or passing an ellipsoidal leather ball across the opponent's goal line, or kicking it between the goal posts placed on or behind the goal line.
2. The ball itself.
3. Brit, a Soccer, b Rugby football.
4. Any person, idea, etc., bandied or shunted back and forth.
FOOTBALL PLAYING FIELD
A. Goal lines. C. Goal posts.
B. End lines. D. End zones.
The field of play is marked off in guidelines spaced 5 yards apart and so identified, as 20–yard line, etc.