basketball A2 Topic:Sports & Fitness US /ˈbæs.kɪt.bɔl/ UK /ˈbɑːs.kɪt.bɔːl/ See IPA manual Freq #3959 Meanings 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. 2 noun The large round ball used to play this sport. He bounced the basketball across the court and took a shot. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a team sport in which two... b-ballhoops Word family Forms basketballs Derived forms antibasketballbasketballdombasketballerbasketballesebasketbrawlnonbasketball Common collocations basketball backboard Noun + noun wheelchair basketball Noun + noun Etymology From basket + ball. Topics Sports & Fitness External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # basketball **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈbæs.kɪt.bɔl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbɑːs.kɪt.bɔːl/ **Frequency rank:** 3959 ## Meanings 1. A team sport in which two teams of five players try to throw a ball through a high hoop. 2. The large round ball used to play this sport. ## Examples - We play basketball in the gym every Friday after school. - He bounced the basketball across the court and took a shot. ## Derived Forms - antibasketball - basketballdom - basketballer - basketballese - basketbrawl - nonbasketball ## Etymology From basket + ball. ## Topics - Sports & Fitness markdown