baseball

noun

base·​ball ˈbās-ˌbȯl 

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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Moises Ballesteros, at 5-foot-8 and 215 pounds, likely would not be picked out of a crowd of 21-year-old males as a professional baseball player. —Chuck Murr, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025

That stance loosened about 15 years ago, primarily in baseball. —Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 21 Mar. 2025

Between the influx of personal trainers, personal coaches and personal nutritionists, baseball is numb to the player whose routine is not that of his team’s. —Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2025

And multiple recent reports indicated Campbell, a consensus top 10 prospect in baseball, was the favorite to win the job. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing baseball

• baseball cap
• fantasy football/baseball/basketball
• inside baseball

Rhymes for baseball

• aerosol
• alcohol
• arbitral
• basketball
• butanol
• cannonball
• carbinol
• catarrhal
• cortisol
• ethanol
• fireball
• gasohol

Kids Definition

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