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softball Definition

☆ soft·ball (sôft′bôl′, säft′-)

noun

  1. a kind of baseball played with underhand pitching, a small infield, and usually four outfielders
  2. the ball used in playing softball: it is larger than a hardball and usually hard and white

softball Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • play: Last night I played softball for the first time.
  • throw: Peter has been thrown a modern classic softball, You And Me Song from the Wannadies.

Adjective modifier

  • competitive: NPF is at the pinnacle of competitive softball giving the female athlete in the United States a place to excel.

Modifies a noun

  • bat: They're only long lived if you take care of them and if you don't knock them out with softball bats.
  • tournament: Two decades softball tournament organizer gary alan fine cyberspace is with.
  • league: I think a few of the men's bars actually host them along with the men's softball league.
  • team: In their fourth game, the New Zealand women's softball team beat Cuba 6 - 2, in seven innings.
  • game: After the exertion of the softball game, Stan has a heart attack before he can take his pills.
  • field: To the far left you can see one of the football goals; our softball field was located there also.

Noun used with modifier

  • fastpitch: What fastpitch softball 's doin ' to me But that's what it takes to be the best.