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rosin bag

rosin bag

1 8.1
A small bag with powder that pitchers use to make their hands less slippery
  • noun
  • /ˈrɒzɪn bæg/
  • US
translation icon : bolsa de resina
  • Before each game, the players make sure to have their rosin bags ready for better control of the ball.

Examples

  • He always keeps a rosin bag in his back pocket for those slippery days on the mound.

  • I seem to remember last week, somebody throwing a rosin bag in my face.

    A League of Their Own (1992)

  • So I would run in from first base, slide into the pitcher's mound, circle them out a few times, grab the rosin bag, do this crazy stuff and throw the first pitch.

  • The pitcher grabbed the rosin bag to get a better grip on the baseball.

Synonyms

rosin
vsrosin bag
5 8.1

A hard sticky solid from pine used to help violin bows grip strings

is the powdered form placed in a small bag for pitchers to improve grip

Surface Forms

rosin bag singular
rosin bags plural

Morphology

rosin + bag

The compound is directly compositional: 'rosin' (a sticky resin used for grip) plus 'bag' (a small container) yields a bag containing rosin. A B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer it is a small container of rosin used to improve grip, so the meaning is immediately derivable even if the specific baseball context is new.

Etymology

The noun rosin bag is a small cloth bag filled with powdered rosin that baseball pitchers rub on their hands to dry them and help them hold the ball better. That's why a rosin bag means the little bag pitchers use to improve their 'grip'.