(sports, uncountable) A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
(basketball, countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.
Synonyms
* (sport) hoops (US slang)
Derived terms
* basketball player
Related terms
* basket
Noun 2.Baseball
(en noun)
A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and Japan, in which the object is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins.
* 1797-1798 , (Jane Austen), (Northanger Abbey)
It was not very wonderful that Catherine, who had nothing heroic about her, should prefer cricket, base-ball , riding on horseback, and running about the country at the age of fourteen, to books.
The ball used to play the sport of baseball.
A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance.
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Answer:
Noun : 1 Basketball
(sports, uncountable) A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
(basketball, countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.
Synonyms
* (sport) hoops (US slang)
Derived terms
* basketball player
Related terms
* basket
Noun 2.Baseball
(en noun)
A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and Japan, in which the object is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins.
* 1797-1798 , (Jane Austen), (Northanger Abbey)
It was not very wonderful that Catherine, who had nothing heroic about her, should prefer cricket, base-ball , riding on horseback, and running about the country at the age of fourteen, to books.
The ball used to play the sport of baseball.
A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance.
Usage notes
* (English Citations of "baseball")
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