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BASE ON BALLS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: bases on balls    , bases-on-balls   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls

Example:

he worked the pitcher for a base on balls

Synonyms:

base on balls; pass; walk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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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