BASEBALL TEAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does baseball team mean? 

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

1. a team that plays baseball

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASEBALL TEAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A team that plays baseball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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

squad; team (a cooperative unit (especially in sports))

Meronyms (parts of "baseball team"):

battery (a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher)

Meronyms (members of "baseball team"):

mound; pitcher (the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit)

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

first; first base (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate))

second; second base (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield)

short; shortstop (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base)

third; third base (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate))

left field; leftfield (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate))

center field; centerfield (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield)

right field; rightfield (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the right third of the outfield (looking from home plate))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "baseball team"):

ball club; baseball club; club; nine (a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together)