Word

baseball, n.
(baseballs)
freq. cnt. 23

a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 23 freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 2

ball baseball baseball game

sample sentences

"he played baseball in high school"
"there was a baseball game on every empty lot"
"there was a desire for National League ball in the area"
"play ball!"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ball

semantic pointers

member of this domain (topic)

away, outside fair in-bounds foul safe out ball-hawking no-hit triple-crown hitless aboard hit bobble error, misplay fumble, muff pitch, delivery fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet batting fielding catching pitching pass, walk, base on balls fair ball foul ball bunt fly, fly ball blast pop fly, pop-fly, pop-up grounder, ground ball, groundball, hopper out force out, force-out, force play, force putout strikeout sacrifice base hit, safety liner, line drive plunker, plunk shoestring catch tag flare Texas leaguer bat, at-bat ball game, ballgame assist baseball play backstop park, ballpark infield, baseball diamond, diamond baseball equipment plate, home, home plate, home base mound, hill, pitcher's mound lineup, batting order, card cleanup, cleanup position, cleanup spot earned run average, ERA ground rule farm club, farm team major league, big league, majors minor league, minors, bush league lead strike zone ballplayer, baseball player baseball coach, baseball manager base runner, runner bat boy slugger, batter, hitter, batsman batting coach catcher, backstop closer, finisher pitching coach first baseman, first sacker infielder outfielder right-hander, right-handed pitcher pinch hitter pitcher, hurler, twirler screwballer second baseman, second sacker shortstop starting pitcher third sacker, third baseman batting average, hitting average batting average fielding average triple crown inning, frame die fumble backstop bear down catch cut down, cut out steal walk drive in walk foul retire, strike out put out ground out fly bounce out pop ground ground pull connect drag a bunt, bunt single double triple fan whiff bat bat bat switch-hit strike out submarine tag nab put out, retire draw, get run bases wind up

hyponym

daisy cutter professional baseball hardball perfect game no-hit game, no-hitter one-hitter, 1-hitter two-hitter, 2-hitter 3-hitter, three-hitter four-hitter, 4-hitter five-hitter, 5-hitter softball, softball game rounders stickball, stickball game steal

hypernym

ball game, ballgame

a ball used in playing baseball
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

baseball

semantic pointers

hypernym

ball baseball equipment