BASEBALL DIAMOND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does baseball diamond mean? 

• BASEBALL DIAMOND (noun)
  The noun BASEBALL DIAMOND has 1 sense:

1. the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate

  Familiarity information: BASEBALL DIAMOND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASEBALL DIAMOND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

baseball diamond; diamond; infield

Hypernyms ("baseball diamond" is a kind of...):

parcel; parcel of land; piece of ground; piece of land; tract (an extended area of land)

Meronyms (parts of "baseball diamond"):

bag; base (a place that the runner must touch before scoring)

batter's box (an area on a baseball diamond (on either side of home plate) marked by lines within which the batter must stand when at bat)

hill; mound; pitcher's mound ((baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands)

short (the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed)

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)

Holonyms ("baseball diamond" is a part of...):

ball field; baseball field; diamond (the baseball playing field)