TRIPLE CROWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does triple crown mean? 

• TRIPLE CROWN (noun)
  The noun TRIPLE CROWN has 2 senses:

1. (horse racing) a title won by a horse that can win the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness

2. (baseball) an unofficial title won by a batter who leads the league in hitting average, runs batted in, and home runs

  Familiarity information: TRIPLE CROWN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIPLE CROWN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(horse racing) a title won by a horse that can win the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("triple crown" is a kind of...):

championship; title (the status of being a champion)

Domain category:

horse racing (the sport of racing horses)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(baseball) an unofficial title won by a batter who leads the league in hitting average, runs batted in, and home runs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("triple crown" is a kind of...):

championship; title (the status of being a champion)

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)