Collocations for "baseball"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "baseball" in context.
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baseball
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- Baseball is America's pastime.
- play baseball [at, after] school
- used to play baseball (at school)
- am [terrible, great] at baseball
- can (never) hit the baseball
- [catch, throw, hit] a baseball
- baseball and softball
- [minor, major] -league baseball
- played [college, professional] baseball
- [won, lost] the World Series of baseball
- [trade, sell, collect] baseball cards
- on the baseball [field, diamond]
- a [professional, minor-league] baseball [player, team]
- have baseball tickets for [Monday, Monday's game]
- hit [it, him] with a baseball bat
- a [large, small, huge] baseball stadium
- wearing a baseball [jersey, cap]
- signed his baseball [gloves, cap]
- part of the Baseball Hall of Fame
'baseball' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
attack
- authority
- bat
- bean
- bottom
- cap
- club
- coach
- collection
- commissioner
- cork
- diamond
- dome
- fixture
- fly
- franchise
- glove
- hit
- junior
- league
- legend
- lore
- midget
- minor
- national
- nose
- nut
- park
- personally
- pitcher
- player
- prefer
- professional
- rare
- series
- sliding
- stadium
- sticker
- strategy
- sweatshirt
- team
- transfer
- upset
- willow