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FOUL BALL

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• FOUL BALL (noun)
The noun FOUL BALL has 1 sense:

1. (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it does not stay between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field

Familiarity information: FOUL BALL used as a noun is very rare.

• FOUL BALL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it does not stay between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("foul ball" is a kind of...):

foul (an act that violates of the rules of a sport)

Domain category:

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)

Antonym:

fair ball ((baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field)

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