FOUL BALL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it does not stay between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("foul ball" is a kind of...):

foul (an act that violates the rules of a sport)

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)

Antonym:

fair ball ((baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field)

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