English noun: basketball |
1. | basketball (act) a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop |
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| Synonyms | basketball game, hoops |
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| Broader (hypernym) | court game |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | professional basketball |
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| Part holonym | basketball play, basketball shot, half, rebound, tap-off, tip-off |
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| Domain category members | assist, backboard, ball-hawking, basketball backboard, basketball court, basketball equipment, center, double dribble, dribble, dribbling, dunk, fast break, hack, home court, jump ball, jump shot, jumper, key, paint, rim, slam-dunk, technical, technical foul |
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2. | basketball (artifact) an inflated ball used in playing basketball |
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| Broader (hypernym) | ball, basketball equipment |
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