From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishldoce_363_hbaseballbase‧ball /ˈbeɪsbɔːl $ -bɒːl/ ●●● S3 W2 noun 1 [uncountable]DSB an outdoor game between two teams of nine players, in which players try to get points by hitting a ball and running around four bases2 [countable]DSB the ball used in baseball
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baseball• A few feet away, a baseball bat crushed a schoolteacher's head, smashed his skull into a pulpy mess.• Peggy took a baseball bat to the Vic.• Without his baseball cap, he looks different.• Louis Cardinals major league baseball team.• No chains, no baseball cap, no eight-ball jacket.• Which is sort of where baseball fans and industrialists sit today vis-a-vis the Florida Marlins.• The players wore short-sleeve white shirts, long white pants and dark bow ties, with baseball caps and white sneakers. 