In America, baseball is a game played by two teams of nine players. Each player from one team hits a ball with a bat and then tries to run around three bases and get to the home base before the other team can get the ball back.
2. countable noun
A baseball is a small hard ball which is used in the game of baseball.
baseball in British English
(ˈbeɪsˌbɔːl)
noun
1.
a team game with nine players on each side, played on a field with four bases connected to form a diamond. The object is to score runs by batting the ball and running round the bases
2.
the hard rawhide-covered ball used in this game
baseball in American English
(ˈbeɪsˌbɔl)
noun
1. US
a game (esp. hardball (sense 1) hardball (sense 1a)) played with a bat and a ball by two opposing teams of nine or ten players on a field with four bases: each team takes turns batting against the opponent's pitcher and tries to score more runs than the other team
2. US
the ball used in playing hardball: it is hard, usually white and rawhide-covered,and smaller than a softball
He had so many aliases he wrote bogus names in his baseball cap to remind him which one he was using.
The Sun (2016)
On the wall was a hammer, a couple of baseball bats and a crowbar.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There were upscale college students in preppy outfits alongside burly sons of the South in plaid shirts and baseball caps.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
When he told his dad about being hit by a school friend, his father handed him a baseball bat.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Perhaps the Prime Minister will have to put on a baseball cap after all.
The Sun (2017)
One painted prankster in Kent jumped out at two men wielding a baseball bat - hilarious!
The Sun (2016)
Or is it a hat for personal use, in which case they might want a baseball cap with an extra big brim for coming off the plane.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He was good enough at baseball and American football to take them further, but it was drama that he found most rewarding.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The baseball field is the arena of my ministry with him.
Christianity Today (2000)
There will not be a baseball cap in sight.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Others wore makeshift uniforms and masks and carried baseball bats.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Fans of baseball might find it more rewarding than friends of fiction.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
It happens in basketball and baseball and it happens to athletes.
The Sun (2012)
His fists sounding like a baseball bat slapping into ham.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But is that fringe attached to the baseball cap?
The Sun (2010)
One is the problem mentioned earlier of welding a group of great baseball players into a coherent team.
Evans, Peter & Deehan, Geoff The Descent of Mind - the how and why of intelligence (1990)
An average that once made you a struggling but employed baseball player now leaves you out of a job.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Other interests include baseball and football.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
First he checks the sales figures, then the baseball scores.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There were heroes in football, baseball and basketball.
The Sun (2011)
They are discussing two baseball teams, the reds and the blues.
Evans, Peter & Deehan, Geoff The Descent of Mind - the how and why of intelligence (1990)
And his top sports were baseball and American football.
The Sun (2011)
Once past the checkpoint, we crossed into an open concrete area fronted by a baseball field and an extended perimeter fence.
Kennedy, Douglas In God's Country: travels in the Bible belt, USA. (1989)
Our dad, who read to us nightly, taught us how to score tedious baseball games.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Just my hair swept under a baseball cap. I have also learned to ignore some advice over the years.
The Sun (2011)
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In other languages
baseball
British English: baseball /ˈbeɪsˌbɔːl/ NOUN
Baseball is a game that is played with a bat and a ball on a large field by two teams of nine players. Players must hit the ball and run around four bases to score.
American English: baseball
Arabic: بيسبول
Brazilian Portuguese: beisebol
Chinese: 棒球
Croatian: bejzbol
Czech: baseball
Danish: baseball
Dutch: honkbal
European Spanish: béisbol
Finnish: baseball-peli
French: baseball
German: Baseball
Greek: μπέιζμπολ
Italian: baseball
Japanese: 野球
Korean: 야구
Norwegian: baseball
Polish: baseball
European Portuguese: basebol
Romanian: baseball
Russian: бейсбол
Latin American Spanish: béisbol
Swedish: baseboll
Thai: กีฬาเบสบอล
Turkish: beyzbol
Ukrainian: бейсбол
Vietnamese: bóng chày
Chinese translation of 'baseball'
baseball
(ˈbeɪsbɔːl)
n
(u) (= sport) 棒球 (bàngqiú)
⇒ He likes baseball.他喜欢棒球。 (Tā xǐhuan bàngqiú.)
(c) (= ball) 棒球 (bàngqiú) (个(個), gè)
⇒ Each box contains five baseballs.每个盒子里装有5个棒球。 (Měigè hézi li zhuāng yǒu wǔ gè bàngqiú.)