'Basketball' definitions:
Definition of 'basketball'
(from WordNet)
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 [syn: basketball, basketball game, hoops]
noun
An inflated ball used in playing basketball
Definition of 'Basketball'
From: GCIDE
- Basketball \Bas"ket*ball`\, n.
- 1. A ball game, usually played indoors in an area called the basketball court, in which two opposing teams of five players each contest with each other to toss a large inflated ball (the basketball) into opposite goals (baskets) resembling baskets, each typically a cylindrical mesh suspended from a circular rim which is held ten feet above the court. A goal scored by passing the basketball through the basket may count from one to three points, depending on the situation in which it was thrown.
- Syn: basketball game. [Webster 1913 Suppl. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
- 2. The inflatable ball used in the game of basketball. [PJC]