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THREE-BASE HIT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does three-base hit mean?

• THREE-BASE HIT (noun)
The noun THREE-BASE HIT has 1 sense:

1. a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base

Familiarity information: THREE-BASE HIT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• THREE-BASE HIT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

three-bagger; three-base hit; triple

Hypernyms ("three-base hit" is a kind of...):

base hit; safety ((baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "three-base hit"):

line triple; line-drive triple (a triple resulting from a line drive)

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