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BATTING ORDER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat

Example:

the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate

Synonyms:

batting order; card; lineup

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("batting order" is a kind of...):

roll; roster (a list of names)

Meronyms (parts of "batting order"):

cleanup; cleanup position; cleanup spot ((baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team))

Domain category:

ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)

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