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BASEBALL TEAM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A team that plays baseball
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("baseball team" is a kind of...):
squad; team (a cooperative unit (especially in sports))
Meronyms (parts of "baseball team"):
battery (a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher)
Meronyms (members of "baseball team"):
mound; pitcher (the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit)
catcher (the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws)
first; first base (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate))
second; second base (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield)
short; shortstop (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base)
third; third base (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate))
left field; leftfield (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate))
center field; centerfield (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield)
right field; rightfield (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the right third of the outfield (looking from home plate))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "baseball team"):
ball club; baseball club; club; nine (a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together)
