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baseball bat

baseball bat

66 1.0
A long wooden or metal stick used to hit the ball in baseball
  • noun
  • /ˈbeɪsˌbɔl bæt/
translation icon : bate
  • He swung the baseball bat and hit a home run over the outfield fence.

And I remember he had my baseball bat at his yard.

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Examples

  • He just takes his baseball bat and he swings it.

    Bully (2001)

  • - I bought a baseball bat.

    Melinda and Melinda (2004)

  • So they grab all their equipment, like baseball bats and things.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The next day I went into school with a baseball bat in in my gym bag.

  • I wondered if the man with the baseball bat lived there.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The first U.S. patent for a baseball bat was awarded to William Williams in 1884.

    Academic text (2009)

  • I stood a moment, thinking, then I stomped home, returned with my baseball bat, and began pummeling the walls.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Jill struggles painfully up the steps, clutching the baseball bat, the blanket tied around her like a cloak.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Before the big game, she practiced her swing with a new baseball bat in the backyard.

  • The coach handed each player a baseball bat before starting their practice session.

Synonyms

lumber
vsbaseball bat
  • Jargon
3 8.2

A baseball bat used by a player to hit the ball

is the neutral standard term rather than the informal US word

How Big

cricket bat
  • UK
1 2.2
baseball bat
66 1.0
tennis racket
11 1.4

Surface Forms

baseball bat singular
baseball bats plural

Morphology

baseball + bat

The meaning of 'baseball bat' is directly compositional: it denotes the 'bat' used in the sport 'baseball', so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it as the club for hitting in baseball. This is a straightforward noun–noun compound with no idiomatic shift and parallels in many languages, making it immediately understandable to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Baseball bat comes from the simple idea of a bat used in the game baseball. The word bat already meant a stick or club for hitting, so adding 'baseball' made it clear this is the stick players use 'to hit the ball' in that sport.