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MINOR LEAGUE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does minor league mean?
• MINOR LEAGUE (noun)
The noun MINOR LEAGUE has 1 sense:
1. a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball)
Familiarity information: MINOR LEAGUE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
bush league; minor league; minors
Hypernyms ("minor league" is a kind of...):
conference; league (an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members)
Meronyms (members of "minor league"):
minor-league club; minor-league team (a team that plays in a minor league)
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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