Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game — The Taco Bell All Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game is an annual game that brings former Major League Baseball all stars and celebrities in a friendly exhibition. The game is played the day before the Home Run Derby. The game started in… … Wikipedia
Softball — This article is about the sport. For other uses, see Soft ball (disambiguation). Softball Highest governing body International Softball Federation First played United States, 1887 Characteristics … Wikipedia
Softball at the 2007 Pan American Games — took place at a temporary stadium for 2,000 spectators in the City of Rock, at Barra da Tijuca, the same place that hosted the Rock in Rio 3.United States is the reigning Pan American Games champion in the women s competition. Canada is the… … Wikipedia
softball — baseball of larger than usual size, used in a scaled down version of the game, 1914, from SOFT (Cf. soft) + BALL (Cf. ball). The game itself so called from 1926, earlier known as playground baseball. The word earlier was a term in sugar candy… … Etymology dictionary
Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics — Infobox Softball at the Olympics year = 2008 gold = sbw|JPN silver = sbw|USA bronze = sbw|AUS others = flagicon|CAN flagicon|CHN flagicon|NED flagicon|TPE flagicon|VEN location = Fengtai Softball Field, Beijing, China date = August 12 August 18… … Wikipedia
softball — /sawft bawl , soft /, n. 1. a form of baseball played on a smaller diamond with a larger and softer ball. 2. the ball itself. 3. something that can be easily dealt with: The confirmation committee threw her a softball on that question. [1925 30;… … Universalium
Softball Australia — US army sergeant William Duvernet organised softball as a recreation for US nurses stationed in Victoria. Another American, Mack Gilley, introduced the game to Queensland in 1946. Australia s first inter state championship was played in Brisbane… … Wikipedia
softball — [[t]sɒ̱ftbɔːl, AM sɔ͟ːft [/t]] softballs 1) N UNCOUNT Softball is a game similar to baseball, but played with a larger, softer ball. 2) N COUNT A softball is the ball used in the game of softball … English dictionary
softball — UK [ˈsɒftˌbɔːl] / US [ˈsɔftˌbɔl] noun Word forms softball : singular softball plural softballs a) [uncountable] a game similar to baseball but played on a smaller field and with a larger softer ball b) [countable] the ball used for playing this… … English dictionary
game — Synonyms and related words: Animalia, Boston, Byzantine intrigues, Earl of Coventry, Monopoly, Olympic games, Olympics, Ping Pong, Pit, Polish bank, Rugby, Russian bank, Scrabble, acquiescent, action, adventurous, agreeable, aim, alacritous, all… … Moby Thesaurus
