Definitions for baseballˈbeɪsˌbɔl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
base•ballˈbeɪsˌbɔl(n.)
a game involving the batting of a hard ball, played by two teams usu. of nine players each on a large field with a diamond-shaped circuit defined by four bases, to which batters run and advance to score runs.
Category: Sport
the ball used in this game.
Category: Sport
Origin of baseball:
1795–1805
Princeton's WordNet
baseball, baseball game(noun)
a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
"he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
baseball(noun)
a ball used in playing baseball
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
baseball(noun)ˈbeɪsˌbɔl
a sport in which a batter hits a ball and runs four bases to score
to play/watch baseball; a baseball game/team
baseballˈbeɪsˌbɔl
a ball used in baseball
to hit a baseball
Wiktionary
baseball(Noun)
A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and Japan, in which the object is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins.
baseball(Noun)
The ball used to play the sport of baseball.
baseball(Noun)
A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance.
Origin: base + ball
Webster Dictionary
Baseball(noun)
a game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds ( four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to make after striking the ball
Baseball(noun)
the ball used in this game
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Baseball
A competitive nine-member team sport including softball.
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
BASEBALL
A game in which the young man who bravely strikes out for himself receives no praise for it.
Translations for baseball
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
baseball(noun)
an American game played with bat and ball.
- bofbalAfrikaans

- لُعْبَة البيسبول / كُرة القاعِدَهArabic

- бейзболBulgarian

- basebolPortuguese (BR)

- baseballCzech

- das Baseball(-spiel)German

- baseballDanish

- μπέιζμπολGreek

- béisbolSpanish

- pesapallEstonian

- بیس بالFarsi

- baseballFinnish

- baseballFrench

- בֵּייסבּוֹל, כָּדוּר בָּסִיסHebrew

- बेसबॉलHindi

- bejzbolCroatian

- baseballHungarian

- baseballIndonesian

- hornaboltiIcelandic

- baseballItalian

- 野球Japanese

- 야구Korean

- beisbolasLithuanian

- beisbolsLatvian

- besbolMalay

- honkbalDutch

- baseballNorwegian

- baseballPolish

- بیس بالPersian

- دبيسبال لوبه، نوب ډنډې ته ورته يوه امريكايى لوبهPashto

- baseballPortuguese

- baseballRomanian

- бейсболRussian

- baseballSlovak

- baseballSlovenian

- bezbolSerbian

- baseball, basebollSwedish

- กีฬาเบสบอลThai

- beyzbol(oyunu)Turkish

- 棒球Chinese (Trad.)

- бейсболUkrainian

- پیس بال ، ایک امریکی کھیلUrdu

- bóng chàyVietnamese

- 棒球Chinese (Simp.)

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