US /ˈbeɪs.bɔl/ UK /ˈbeɪs.bɔːl/
noun Freq #2862

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A team sport in which players hit a ball with a bat and run around four bases to score.

    They went to watch a baseball game on Sunday afternoon.

  2. 2
    noun

    The ball used in the game of baseball.

    He caught the baseball with his glove.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a team sport in which... baseball game
Word family
Forms baseballs
Derived forms antibaseballbaseballdombaseballerbaseballesebaseballingbaseballistbasebrawlinside-baseballnonbaseball
Related forms rounderssoftballwiffleball

Etymology

From base + ball.

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