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often attributive
: a game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players each on a large field having four bases that mark the course a runner must take to score
also
: the ball used in this game
Examples of baseball in a Sentence
We watched baseball on TV last night.
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First Known Use
1845, in the meaning defined above
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“Baseball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baseball. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.
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baseball
noun
base·ball
ˈbās-ˌbȯl
: a game played with a bat and ball by two teams of nine players each on a field with four bases that mark the course a runner must take to score
also
: the ball used in this game
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