ball field
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1.9
- noun
- /bɔl fiːld/
- US
:
campo de béisbol
- Every weekend, we go to the local ball field to watch the games.
- ball fields at Carroll Park
This time we moved to the apartments right on the other side of Cherokee Projects down by the ball field.
- This time we moved to the apartments right on the other side of Cherokee Projects down by the ball field.
- But it's amazing the comments that have gone on for years about the shooting at the ball field with Steve Scalise done by a left wing lunatic.
Examples
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Amesley was on the ball field waiting for his turn at bat when Lindsay approached him.
Fiction book (1995) -
The children played baseball on the ball field after school.
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I never felt that type of respect that I felt on the ball field.
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"Last night, everyone was moving their cars to the ball field," he said.
Blog text (11) -
Great school district... the high school ball field's close by.
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I'm used to being on a ball field all day.
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Visitors should walk to the playground and ball field area behind the office.
Blog text (6) -
I was driving by the high school recently and saw the marching band practicing on the ball field.
Blog text (18) -
Now kids around here get bused to a school with a ball field, a playground, and a cafeteria.
Fiction book (1995) -
I slowed the car and idled down Main Street to the ball field at the west end of town, near the sun-bleached Lutheran church.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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1.0
A large field or stadium where baseball games are played
67
2.9
A stadium where people watch baseball games
50
3.0
A baseball field with four bases and home plate
12
1.2
A grassy area with a diamond-shaped infield where people play baseball
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Morphology
The meaning 'a field used for playing baseball' is directly derived from combining 'ball' (referring to the sport) with 'field' (a playing ground). This noun–noun compounding is a regular, compositional pattern in English (and appears in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Ball field paints a simple picture: a grassy field where people play ball games like baseball. So, ball field means 'a field used for playing baseball'.