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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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