bas|ket|ball

bas|ket|ball
bas|ket|ball «BAS kiht BL, BAHS-», noun.
1. a game played with a large, round ball between two teams of five players each. The players try to toss the ball through a ring into a net shaped like a basket but open at the bottom. The ball is dribbled, or thrown from player to player.
2. the ball used in this game.

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