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basketball
noun
the National Basketball Association
scrimmage
noun
backboard
noun
NBA
abbreviation
high-tops
noun
korfball
noun
ballhawk
noun
hoop
noun
guard
noun
basket
noun
junior varsity
noun
the Harlem Globetrotters
most valuable player
UCLA
the Turner Broadcasting System
Wilt Chamberlain
‘Babe’ Didrikson
Definition of
basketball noun
from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
basketball
noun
ˈbɑːskɪtbɔːl
ˈbæskɪtbɔːl
1
[
uncountable
]
a game played by two teams of five players, using a large ball which players try to throw into a high net hanging from a ring
a
basketball game/coach/team
2
[
countable
]
the ball used in this game
ˈbɑːskɪtbɔːl
ˈbæskɪtbɔːl