BASKETBALL

basketball, basketball game, hoops

(noun) 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

basketball

(noun) an inflated ball used in playing basketball

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

basketball (countable and uncountable, plural basketballs)

(sports, uncountable) A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.

Synonym: hoops (US slang)

(countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.

Source: Wiktionary



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