baseball

[ beys-bawl ]

/ ˈbeɪsˌbɔl /

noun

a game of ball between two nine-player teams played usually for nine innings on a field that has as a focal point a diamond-shaped infield with a home plate and three other bases, 90 feet (27 meters) apart, forming a circuit that must be completed by a base runner in order to score, the central offensive action entailing hitting of a pitched ball with a wooden or metal bat and running of the bases, the winner being the team scoring the most runs.

the ball used in this game, being a sphere approximately 3 inches (7 cm) in diameter with a twine-covered center of cork covered by stitched horsehide.

Cards. a variety of five-card or seven-card stud poker in which nines and threes are wild and in which threes and fours dealt face up gain the player either penalties or privileges.

Words nearby baseball

base station, base tenant, base unit, base-pairing, base-pairing rules, baseball, baseball cap, baseball finger, baseball glove, baseballer, baseband

Origin of baseball

First recorded in 1795–1805; base¹ + ball¹

OTHER WORDS FROM baseball

pro·base·ball, adjective

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Examples from the Web for baseball

Tim Russert and I are driving back to the Albany airport after taking our kids to the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
Mario Cuomo, Always Moving Us Toward the Light|Mike Barnicle|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The kids had a gift for him too, a tee shirt with ‘Baseball Spoken Here’ stenciled across the front.
Mario Cuomo, Always Moving Us Toward the Light|Mike Barnicle|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This would take time since, under current law, even scouting Cuban baseball players on the island is illegal.
Is Major League Baseball Ready For Cuba’s Players?|Ben Jacobs|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Baseball has long been the most popular sport in Cuba and the island has long been a hotbed of baseball talent.
Is Major League Baseball Ready For Cuba’s Players?|Ben Jacobs|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Available at Amazon Vince Camuto Moto Baseball Cap, $34 Baseball caps may be useful on the road, but they scream “tourist!”
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He realized that in baseball there were many temptations, and he knew that many a fine young fellow had succumbed to them.
Baseball Joe in the Central League|Lester Chadwick
Did you ever hear of the time I had heart failure in that baseball game with the Cleveland Nationals?
Frank Merriwell's Triumph|Burt L. Standish
He knows a whole lot about baseball; stuff I never thought of; scientific part of the game, you know.
Weatherby's Inning|Ralph Henry Barbour
The man who has won more pennants than any man in baseball, writes signed articles on the game for Evening Journal readers.
What's in the New York Evening Journal|New York Evening Journal
Whatever dollars we have to put into baseball will go to meet the regular expenses of the team.
Jim Spurling, Fisherman|Albert Walter Tolman

British Dictionary definitions for baseball

baseball

/ (ˈbeɪsˌbɔːl) /

noun

a team game with nine players on each side, played on a field with four bases connected to form a diamond. The object is to score runs by batting the ball and running round the bases

the hard rawhide-covered ball used in this game

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