noun
verb
Freq #3959
Meanings
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1
noun
A team sport in which two teams of five players try to throw a ball through a high hoop.
We play basketball in the gym every Friday after school.
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2
noun
The large round ball used to play this sport.
He bounced the basketball across the court and took a shot.
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Word family
Forms
basketballs
Derived forms
antibasketballbasketballdombasketballerbasketballesebasketbrawlnonbasketball
Etymology
From basket + ball.