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TOP OF THE INNING

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does top of the inning mean? 

TOP OF THE INNING (noun)
  The noun TOP OF THE INNING has 1 sense:

1. the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at batplay

  Familiarity information: TOP OF THE INNING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TOP OF THE INNING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

top; top of the inning

Context example:

a relief pitcher took over in the top of the fifth

Hypernyms ("top of the inning" is a kind of...):

bout; round; turn ((sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive)

Holonyms ("top of the inning" is a part of...):

frame; inning ((baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat)


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