What does eyeball mean?
Word: Eyeball
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Eyeball means the round ball of the eye, most of which sits inside the head.
How do you spell eyeball?
Syllables: eye - ball
Tricky part: It is a compound word, written as one word with no space and no hyphen between its two parts.
Watch out for: eye ball, iball, eyeboll
Memory tip: An eyeball is one round, whole thing, so keep its name whole too: no gap and no hyphen, just as you would never slice a marble in two.
Idioms and Phrases
- eyeball to eyeball: face to face, often in an argument Example: "The two cats stood eyeball to eyeball on the wall, and neither would move."
Eyeball in a sentence
Example 1: The doctor shone a light to check my eyeball.
Example 2: Tears keep the front of the eyeball wet and clean.
Example 3: Grandma wears glasses, but her eyeballs are healthy.
Fun Fact
The colossal squid has the largest eyeballs known in the animal kingdom, each about as wide as a dinner plate.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the correctly spelt compound word:
a) eyball
b) eyebal
c) eyeball
d) eyebawl
Show answer
c) eyeball. Eye + ball keeps every letter of both words.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
lalbeye
a) eyelabl
b) eyelbal
c) eyeball
d) eyeblal
Show answer
c) eyeball. Spot eye first; the four letters left make the round thing you kick or throw.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
eyeballe
a) b
b) l
c) y
d) e
Show answer
d) e. Eyeball ends with the two l's of ball; the e after them is extra.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) eyebrou
b) eyeball
c) eyelash
d) eyelid
Show answer
a) eyebrou. Eyebrow ends in ow, like brow; eyelid, eyeball and eyelash are spelt right.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which part of your face closes over your eyeball when you blink?
a) the cheek
b) the eyelash
c) the eyebrow
d) the eyelid
Show answer
d) the eyelid
2. Eyeball is made of two words joined together. Which of these is made the same way?
a) basket
b) sunflower
c) garden
d) pillow
Show answer
b) sunflower
