English Explanatory Dictionary

baseball

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, in which the objective is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins.
  2. The ball used to play the sport of baseball.
  3. A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance.

Pronunciation

/ˈbeɪs.bɔːl/ /ˈbeɪs.bɔl/ /ˈbeɪs.bɑl/ En-us-baseball.ogg

Word forms

baseball baseballs base ball base-ball

Etymology

From base + ball.

Related words

rounders softball wiffleball

Derived words

antibaseball baseball Annie baseball bat baseball cap baseball card baseball diamond baseballdom baseballer baseballese baseball field baseball game baseball glove baseball hat baseballing baseballist baseball mitt baseball plant baseball player baseball rule baseball stadium baseball uniform basebrawl British baseball fantasy baseball indoor baseball inside baseball inside-baseball insider baseball nonbaseball organized baseball rotisserie baseball scrub baseball Welsh baseball
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