baseball

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: base‧ball

Noun

Singular baseball

Plural baseballs

A game of baseball

A baseball

1. (uncountable) A sport where you try to hit a ball so that you can run to four bases, causing a run. The team with the most runs after nine or more innings wins.

   The New York Yankees are a baseball team.

2. (countable) A ball used in the sport of baseball.

   The pitcher threw the baseball as hard as he could.