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SHORTSTOP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
Synonyms:
short; shortstop
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("shortstop" is a kind of...):
position ((in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player)
Holonyms ("shortstop" is a member of...):
baseball team (a team that plays baseball)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("shortstop" 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)
