baseball A2 Topic:Sports & Fitness US /ˈbeɪs.bɔl/ UK /ˈbeɪs.bɔːl/ See IPA manual Freq #2862 Meanings 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 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 Common collocations baseball coach Noun + noun Etymology From base + ball. Topics Sports & Fitness External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # baseball **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈbeɪs.bɔl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbeɪs.bɔːl/ **Frequency rank:** 2862 ## Meanings 1. A team sport in which players hit a ball with a bat and run around four bases to score. 2. The ball used in the game of baseball. ## Examples - They went to watch a baseball game on Sunday afternoon. - He caught the baseball with his glove. ## Derived Forms - antibaseball - baseballdom - baseballer - baseballese - baseballing - baseballist - basebrawl - inside-baseball - nonbaseball ## Related Forms - rounders - softball - wiffleball ## Etymology From base + ball. ## Topics - Sports & Fitness markdown