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What does basketball mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word basketball? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (sports, uncountable) A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
  2. (basketball, countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.
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The tactics and playing of the game are not unlike basketball or water polo.
The contest itself was structured much like a basketball game, with coaches, four quarters and a halftime.
There are soccer and basketball teams, and camel racing is a popular spectator sport.
Indeed, I have always regarded basketball as a game for big jessies who don't want to admit they are really playing netball.
The complex, situated 300 yards from the beach, has a pool and organised basketball, football and water polo.
The nearest trashcan became a basketball hoop as I tossed my wadded paper plate into it.

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