# baseball

Pronunciation: say "BAYS-bawl" US /ˈbeɪs.bɔl/, UK /ˈbeɪs.bɔːl/

## Noun

1. A sport played by two nine-player teams in which a batter hits a ball and runs counterclockwise around four bases to score runs; the team with more runs after usually nine innings wins.
   - Simple: A team game played with a bat and a ball, where players score by running around four bases.
   - _Millions of fans follow professional baseball throughout the long summer season._
   - _She grew up playing baseball on a sandlot near her home._
2. The hard, round, leather-covered ball used to play the sport of baseball.
   - Simple: The small, hard ball that players hit and throw in the game of baseball.
   - _The shortstop fielded the baseball cleanly and threw to first._
   - _A worn baseball, its seams frayed, sat in the corner of the dugout._

## Other meanings

- (noun) A poker game in which cards whose values relate to baseball have special roles.

## Origin

A compound of "base" and "ball."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/baseball (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).