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Baseball is defined as a sports game played with a bat and a ball between two teams where players have to hit a ball and score runs, or the ball used in this game.
(noun)- An example of baseball is the sport that the New York Yankees play.
- An example of baseball is the white, rawhide-covered ball used by the New York Yankees.
The definition of baseball is relating to the sports game between two teams where players have to hit a ball with a bat in order to score runs.
(adjective)An example of baseball used as an adjective is in the phrase "baseball mitt," which means a mitt used in this game.
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See baseball in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- ☆ 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
- ☆ the ball used in playing hardball: it is hard, usually white and rawhide-covered, and smaller than a softball
See baseball in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. A game played with a bat and ball by two opposing teams of nine players, each team playing alternately in the field and at bat, the players at bat having to run a course of four bases laid out in a diamond pattern in order to score.b. The ball that is used in this game.
- A game of darts in which the players attempt to score points by throwing the darts at a target laid out in the form of a baseball diamond.
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