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baseball

baseball

74 1.0
A small hard ball with a leather cover used in the sport played with bats and bases
  • noun
  • /ˈbeɪsˌbɔl/
: pelota de béisbol
  • Pratt and Kenny wanted me to meet them in the park before our baseball practice begins.
  • hit a baseball
  • baseballs travel

You might smash the baseball, the bat might get broken.

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Examples

  • Jan, you need a baseball field, not a tennis court.

    Waterloo Bridge (1931)

  • Now suppose you spin the baseball like this.

  • Now throw the baseball at the bull cut out.

  • Jim and John are playing catch with a baseball at the ballpark.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The manager of the team hands him a baseball while forty thousand fans stand cheering at their seats.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Gus wants us to hit some baseballs with him.

    The Benchwarmers (2006)

  • Marti looks down and is startled to find a baseball resting against her foot.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Alexis felt the tension, too, because she hung back, tossing her baseball in the air.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Mom, where's my baseball?

    Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster (2011)

  • The coach gave each player a new baseball for the upcoming game.

Compounds

baseball bat
80 1.0

A long wooden or metal stick used to hit the ball in baseball

baseball game
80 1.0

A game between two teams where players hit a ball with a bat and run bases

baseball player
78 1.4

A person who plays baseball for a team or as a job

baseball team
55 1.0

A group of players organized to play baseball together

baseball cap
47 1.2

A soft hat with a rounded top and a stiff front bill to shield the eyes

baseball card
  • US
40 1.8

A small card with a baseball player's photo and game numbers that people collect

baseball season
16 1.0

The part of the year when people play baseball games from spring to early autumn

baseball field
16 1.2

A grassy area with a diamond-shaped infield where people play baseball

professional baseball
15 2.0

A sport played by paid players as their job

baseball league
11 1.6

A group of baseball teams that play each other in scheduled games

baseball glove
10 2.0

A large leather glove that baseball players wear to catch the ball

inside baseball
  • Jargon
6 9.9

Knowledge or talk that only people who work in a field understand

baseball coach
6 2.2

A person who trains and leads a baseball team

baseball diamond
5 2.7

A square area on a baseball field with the bases and home plate where players run

baseball mitt
5 2.3

A large padded glove that players use to catch baseballs

baseball club
2 2.0

A team of professional baseball players who play and travel together for competitions

baseball score
2 1.8

Numbers showing how many runs each team has in a game

baseball manager
2 3.0

Person who leads a baseball team and makes game decisions

National Baseball Hall of Fame
  • US
1 3.7

A museum in Cooperstown, New York, that honors the greatest baseball players and people who helped the sport

baseball play
1 2.9

An action by players during a baseball game to help the team win

baseball swing
1 2.9

The movement a player makes with a bat to hit a thrown ball

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
  • US
1 3.5

A museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York that honors the history and best players of baseball

baseball equipment
1 1.0

Items used to play baseball, like a bat, ball, glove, and helmet

baseball clinic
  • US
1 3.1

A meeting where players learn baseball skills from coaches

How Big

football
136 1.0
ball
∞ 1.0
baseball
74 1.0
tennis ball
28 1.0
marble
30 1.0

Surface Forms

baseball singular
baseballs plural

Morphology

baseball = base + ball (transparent) = base + ball

Clearly a compound of 'base' + 'ball' meaning the ball used in the sport, which learners can infer from the parts.

Etymology

Baseball comes from joining two simple words: base ('a place to run to') and ball ('a round object'). The word originally named the ball used in the game with bases, which is why a baseball today is the small, hard leather-covered ball players throw and hit.