ball club
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2.5
- noun
- /bɔl klʌb/
- US
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equipo de béisbol
- When is this ball club going to wake up?
- Yankees ball club
- league ball club
- owner of a ball club
Like you've got a good ball club as far as talent on the roster.
- Like you've got a good ball club as far as talent on the roster.
- Like what's the best long term decision for the ball club?
Examples
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I do realize the Yankees have been a resilient ball club this season.
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In the two upcoming seasons in which the Marlins are almost guaranteed to struggle, the Fish will look like a directionless ball club, and a player of Stanton's caliber would never commit to an organization like that.
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...To change the way this ball club is playing.
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This ball club is the heart of this institution.
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That ball club plays 6 games a week, not counting exhibitions.
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They've got a strong ball club, as usual.
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Like you've got a good ball club as far as talent on the roster.
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With the Nationals approaching their first postseason action since 1933, one of the questions about the ball club is who will be the closer.
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Toronto isn't a good ball club, and the Yankees arguably should have at the very least won that series instead of settling for a split.
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The Yankees, as a ball club, are not what they used to be.
Synonyms
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1.0
A group of people who meet for a shared interest or activity
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1.0
A group of players organized to play baseball together
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3.2
A team that plays at the highest professional level in a sport
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3.0
A team that plays baseball or softball
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2.0
A team of professional baseball players who play and travel together for competitions
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3.1
A team that plays in the top professional sports league, like baseball
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a team of baseball players' is directly derivable from combining 'ball' (colloquially referring to baseball) with 'club' (an association or team). This is a straightforward noun+noun composition that follows common English compounding patterns and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The noun ball club comes from the words ball meaning the sport and club meaning a group of people who meet to do something. It gives the simple image of players forming a club to play ball, so today it means a 'team' of baseball players who play and travel together.