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 Definitions of basketball  [ˈbæs kɪtˌbɔl, ˈbɑ skɪt-]  

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Definition of 'basketball' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) basketball
a game played on a rectangular court by two teams usu. of five players each, who attempt to score points by tossing a ball through a goal on the opponent's side of the court.

2.  basketball
the round, inflated ball used in this game.

Etymology:  (1892, Amer.; appar. coined by James Naismith, the game's inventor)

Definition of 'basketball' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) basketball, basketball game, hoops
a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop

2. (noun) basketball
an inflated ball used in playing basketball
Definition of 'basketball' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) basketball
a sport in which a ball is thrown through a high hoop
to play/watch basketball; a basketball game/team

2.  basketball
a ball used to play basketball
Throw me the basketball.
Definition of 'basketball' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  basketball
A competitive team sport played on a rectangular court having a raised basket at each end.
Translation of 'basketball' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a game in which goals are scored by throwing a ball into a net on a high post.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: korfbal Arabic flag Arabic: لُعْبَة كُرة السَّلّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: баскетбол
Brazilian flag Brazilian: basquetebol Czech flag Czech: basketbal, košíková German flag German: das Basketball(-spiel)
Danish flag Danish: basketball Greek flag Greek: μπάσκετ Spanish flag Spanish: baloncesto
Estonian flag Estonian: korvpall Farsi flag Farsi: بسکتبال Finnish flag Finnish: koripallo
French flag French: basket(-ball) Hebrew flag Hebrew: כָּדוּרסַל Hindi flag Hindi: बास्केट बॉल
Croatian flag Croatian: košarka Hungarian flag Hungarian: kosárlabda Indonesian flag Indonesian: bola basket
Icelandic flag Icelandic: körfubolti Italian flag Italian: pallacanestro Japanese flag Japanese: バスケットボール
Korean flag Korean: 농구 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: krepšinis Latvian flag Latvian: basketbols
Malay flag Malay: bola keranjang Dutch flag Dutch: korfbal Norwegian flag Norwegian: basket(ball), kurvball
Polish flag Polish: koszykówka Persian flag Persian: بسکتبال Pashto flag Pashto: د باسكيټ بال لوبه، يوه لو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: basketball Romanian flag Romanian: baschet Russian flag Russian: баскетбол
Slovak flag Slovak: basketbal Slovenian flag Slovenian: košarka Serbian flag Serbian: košarka
Swedish flag Swedish: basket[boll] Thai flag Thai: บาสเกตบอล Turkish flag Turkish: basketbol
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 籃球 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: баскетбол Urdu flag Urdu: باسکٹ بال
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bóng rổ Chinese flag Chinese: 篮球 Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: korfbalveld
Arabic flag Arabic: كُرة سَلّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: баскетболен Brazilian flag Brazilian: de basquete
Czech flag Czech: basketbalový German flag German: Basketball... Danish flag Danish: basketball-
Greek flag Greek: που έχει σχέση με το μπάσ Spanish flag Spanish: de baloncesto Estonian flag Estonian: korvpalli-
Farsi flag Farsi: مربوط به بسکتبال Finnish flag Finnish: koripallo- French flag French: de basket(-ball)
Hebrew flag Hebrew: כָּדוּרסַל Hindi flag Hindi: बास्केट बॉल का मैदान Croatian flag Croatian: košarkaško igralište
Hungarian flag Hungarian: kosárlabda- Indonesian flag Indonesian: lapangan bola basket Icelandic flag Icelandic: körfubolta-
Italian flag Italian: di/da pallacanestro Japanese flag Japanese: バスケットボールの Korean flag Korean: 농구의
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: krepšinio Latvian flag Latvian: basketbola- Malay flag Malay: gelanggang bola keranjang
Dutch flag Dutch: korfbal- Norwegian flag Norwegian: basket(ball)-, kurvball- Polish flag Polish: do koszykówki
Persian flag Persian: مربوط به بسکتبال Pashto flag Pashto: د باسكيټ بال لوبي پوري اړ Portuguese flag Portuguese: de basquete
Romanian flag Romanian: de baschet Russian flag Russian: баскетбольный Slovak flag Slovak: basketbalový
Slovenian flag Slovenian: košarkarski Serbian flag Serbian: košarkaški Swedish flag Swedish: basket-
Thai flag Thai: ที่เกี่ยวกับบาสเกตบอล Turkish flag Turkish: basketbol Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 籃球的
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: баскетбольний Urdu flag Urdu: باسکٹ بال کھیلنے کی جگہ ، Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thuộc về bóng rổ
Chinese flag Chinese: 篮球的

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