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CATCHER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws

Example:

a catcher plays behind the plate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("catcher" is a kind of...):

position ((in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player)

Holonyms ("catcher" is a member of...):

baseball team (a team that plays baseball)

Derivation:

catch (take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher

Synonyms:

backstop; catcher

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("catcher" is a kind of...):

infielder ((baseball) a person who plays a position in the infield)

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)

softball; softball game (a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer)

Derivation:

catch (be the catcher)

catch (take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of)

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