cricket bat
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- noun
- UK
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bate de cricket
- As one generation of sportsmen put away its cricket bats and club sashes, their children picked up baseballs and gloves.
Examples
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The first gift he gave to me was a cricket bat.
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- I'd like a bike, an air rifle, and a cricket bat, and a football.
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Do I need a cricket bat?
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Do you need a cricket bat?
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I notice you got this cricket bat here.
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Oh, yes, and I must have a cricket bat.
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She brought me a cricket bat and a ball.
Fiction book (1990) -
Good English cricket bat.
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The Chilterns lie northwest of London, a vista of sweeping grasslands, honeysuckle-draped cottages, and the crack of cricket bats on plush village greens.
Blog text (18) -
He swung the cricket bat and sent the ball soaring over the boundary.
Synonyms
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A stick used to hit a ball in games like baseball or cricket
How Big
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'cricket' (the game) modifying 'bat' (a club used to hit balls): it denotes the bat used in cricket. This straightforward noun+noun compound follows a common cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Cricket bat is a very literal name: it names the wooden bat used in cricket to 'hit the ball'. Early bats were curved like sticks, but players later used a flat blade to hit the ball, so the modern flat and broad cricket bat is the tool used today.