batting cage

noun

: a screen placed around the back and sides of the home plate area to stop baseballs during batting practice

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The facility also has two batting cages, two auxiliary concession buildings, a playground, a Pepsi Play Area, a Coors Light Chill Zone and more than 1,300 free parking spaces. Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025 The academy provides kids with training opportunities and leadership development and features a major-league sized infield and batting cages. Annie Heilbrunn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025 Guardians bench coach Sandy Alomar Jr. said Franco helped him in the batting cages daily in 1997. Zack Meisel, New York Times, 2 June 2025 The guitars kept coming, like pitches at a batting cage. Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for batting cage

Word History

First Known Use

1891, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of batting cage was in 1891

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“Batting cage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/batting%20cage. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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