basketball

Definitions

1. A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
   uncountable
2. A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop
3. The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.
   countable
4. The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball
5. To play basketball
6. To throw in a similar way to when shooting a basketball

Equivalents

Examples

“to play⟳ basketball”

“He pursued basketball as his career.”

“Children playing basketball at their home in front of the John Amos coal-fired power plant⟳ in Poca, W.Va. President Biden’s infrastructure plan⟳ includes climate change⟳ measures that aim to close⟳ coal-fired plants.”

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