THREE-BASE HIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does three-base hit mean? 

• THREE-BASE HIT (noun)
  The noun THREE-BASE HIT has 1 sense:

1. a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base

  Familiarity information: THREE-BASE HIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THREE-BASE HIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

three-bagger; three-base hit; triple

Hypernyms ("three-base hit" is a kind of...):

base hit; safety ((baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "three-base hit"):

line-drive triple; line triple (a triple resulting from a line drive)