basketball

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basketball - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Basketball \Bas"ket*ball`\, n.
     1. A ball game, usually played indoors in an area called the
        basketball court, in which two opposing teams of five
        players each contest with each other to toss a large
        inflated ball (the basketball) into opposite goals
        (baskets) resembling baskets, each typically a cylindrical
        mesh suspended from a circular rim which is held ten feet
        above the court. A goal scored by passing the basketball
        through the basket may count from one to three points,
        depending on the situation in which it was thrown.
  
     Syn: basketball game.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
  
     2. The inflatable ball used in the game of basketball.
        [PJC]

basketball - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  basketball
      n 1: a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5
           players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an
           elevated horizontal hoop [syn: basketball, basketball game
           , hoops]
      2: an inflated ball used in playing basketball