baseball

Noun

Meaning

A game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds ( four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to make after striking the ball.

The ball used in this game.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ballgame baseball game earth bale bola pallone aquatics bowl polo pall-mall game checkers slugger fives tobogganing
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Antonyms

little dab hardball snowboarding snowboard winter sport
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Hypernyms

ball ballgame ball game baseball equipment

Hyponyms

steal hardball softball rounders daisy cutter no-hitter

Phrases with the word

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Examples

For years I asked God to do something about my noisy neighbor with the barking dog, Joe Pesci straightened that cocksucker out with one visit. It's amazing what you can accomplish with a simple baseball bat. George Carlin

Terrible. It took me 17 years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course. Hank Aaron

Some say our national pastime is baseball. Not me. It's gossip. Erma Bombeck

If you're a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he's good, the older he gets, the better he writes. Mickey Spillane

Baseball is a game of inches. Branch Rickey

Major League Baseball is a national institution and we take our responsibilities seriously when it comes to how the game affects the lives of American youth. Bud Selig

Close letter words and terms

base-line base-pair breathing base-stealer lou baseball Annie baseball arena baseball bat