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BASE ON BALLS (bases on balls, bases-on-balls)
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, bases-on-balls Dictionary entry overview: What does base on balls mean?
• BASE ON BALLS (noun)
The noun BASE ON BALLS has 1 sense:
1. (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
Familiarity information: BASE ON BALLS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Context example:
he worked the pitcher for a base on balls
Hypernyms ("base on balls" is a kind of...):
accomplishment; achievement (the action of accomplishing something)
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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