FAIR BALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fair ball mean? 

• FAIR BALL (noun)
  The noun FAIR BALL has 1 sense:

1. (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field

  Familiarity information: FAIR BALL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAIR BALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("fair ball" is a kind of...):

contact; physical contact (the act of touching physically)

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)

Antonym:

foul ball ((baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it does not stay between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field)