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basketball
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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basketball
bas‧ket‧ball
/
ˈbɑːskətbɔːl
$
ˈbæskətbɒːl
/
●●●
S3
noun
1
DSO
[
uncountable
]
a
game
played
indoors
between two
teams
of five
players
, in which each team tries to
win
points by
throwing
a
ball
through a
net
2
[
countable
]
the ball used in this game
Examples from the Corpus
basketball
•
Sports
were very important to the
father
, who himself had played
football
and
basketball
and had run
track
in high school.
•
And bad
basketball
without
drama
and
suspense
is not only
beyond
embarrassing
, but even worse, beyond
boring
.
•
Attendance
is
better
than 21,000 a game in the SkyDome, a
cavernous
building unsuited for
basketball
.
•
He said he
voted
against the
crime
bill
because it
included
items
he
opposed
, such as
midnight
basketball
programs
.
•
That team
camaraderie
is probably
why
I had played
basketball
so long.
•
It would take six
basketball
teams to
balance
the number of
scholarships
awarded
one football team.
•
A large,
blue
divider
splits
the
gym
at the Higgins
Middle
School into two
basketball
courts
.
•
This
led
to a
full-time
position
as
coach
of the
Girls
'
varsity
basketball
team.
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