diamond
50
3.0
- noun
- /ˈdaɪəmənd/
- US
:
campo de béisbol
- There's a phone booth down by the baseball diamond.
- baseball diamond
Examples
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Their favorite playground sat across from a baseball diamond next to the elevated train track.
Fiction book (1990) -
Across the road, the baseball diamond has become a fenced-in lake.
Fiction book (2000) -
Playing baseball with the devil in a baseball diamond.
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The diamond, of course, is a baseball diamond, though it has no bases or batter's boxes.
Academic text (2001) -
Pearl had left long ago, and I walked across the varsity diamond to the teachers' parking lot.
Fiction book (1995) -
I watched them from the bleachers of the varsity diamond as the sun went down behind me.
Fiction book (1995) -
Ping-pong in the west arcade, softball in the east diamond.
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The children gathered around the baseball field, ready to play a game on the diamond.
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After school, the team practiced their skills on the diamond until sunset.
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During the last inning, the players ran to the diamond to celebrate their victory.
Synonyms
23
2.5
The area inside the four bases on a baseball field
4
2.7
A square area on a baseball field with the bases and home plate where players run
Idioms
Compounds
4
2.7
A square area on a baseball field with the bases and home plate where players run
- Formal
1
4.8
The 60th anniversary of an important event, usually celebrated with public events
- Specialized
A very hard dark stone used in industry for drilling and polishing, not for jewelry
- Specialized
A very hard small tip made of diamond that cuts or engraves hard materials
Surface Forms
Etymology
Diamond for the baseball field comes from the shape made by the four bases: they form a slanted square that looks like a diamond, so people began to call the playing area a 'diamond'.