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

Cholowsky visited Chicago for a few days in early June, talking to coaches and executives, hanging out with players and listening to Jerry Reinsdorf’s baseball stories. — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 12 July 2026

The Royals’ pitching has been among the worst in baseball, and injuries have played a large part in that. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2026

Scotland’s Tartan Army, with time to kill between matches, marched roughly 8,000 strong into a Miami Marlins game and serenaded the ballpark with soccer chants remixed for baseball. — Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026

Georgia Tech baseball saw its season end earlier than expected, but the Yellow Jackets also saw two of their standout players go early in Saturday’s MLB draft. — Ajc Sports, AJC.com, 11 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing baseball

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

Rhymes for baseball

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

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