BALLPARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ballpark mean? 

• BALLPARK (noun)
  The noun BALLPARK has 2 senses:

1. a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)

2. near to the scope or range of something

  Familiarity information: BALLPARK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BALLPARK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

ballpark; park

Context example:

take me out to the ballpark

Hypernyms ("ballpark" is a kind of...):

arena; bowl; sports stadium; stadium (a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments)

Meronyms (parts of "ballpark"):

ball field; baseball field; diamond (the baseball playing field)

bullpen (a place on a baseball field where relief pitchers can warm up during a game)

dugout (either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game)

stand (tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade))

Domain category:

ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Near to the scope or range of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

approximate range; ballpark

Context example:

his answer wasn't even in the right ballpark

Hypernyms ("ballpark" is a kind of...):

ambit; compass; orbit; range; reach; scope (an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:)