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base·ball (bās′bôl′)

noun

  1. ☆ a game (esp. hardball, ) played with a bat and a ball by two opposing teams of nine or ten players on a field with four bases: each team takes turns batting against the opponent's pitcher and tries to score more runs than the other team
  2. ☆ the ball used in playing hardball: it is hard, usually white and rawhide-covered, and smaller than a softball

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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