baseball

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Synonyms: base ball, base-ball, basketball, fastball, baseband, baseballs, bare all, washball

Antonyms: base ball, base-ball, basketball, fastball, baseband, baseballs, bare all, washball

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable}} A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, in which the objective is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four [[base]]s, resulting in the [[scoring]] of a [[run]]. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine [[inning]]s, wins.
2. {{lb|en|countable}} The ball used to play the sport of baseball.
3. A variant of [[poker]] in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance.

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