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bas⋅ket⋅ball

  [bas-kit-bawl, bah-skit-]
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–noun
1. a game played by two teams of usually five players each on a rectangular court having a raised basket or goal at each end, points being scored by tossing the ball through the opponent's basket.
2. the round, inflated ball, approximately 30 in. (76 cm) in circumference, used in this game.
Origin:
1890–95, Americanism; basket + ball 1
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bas·ket·ball   (bās'kĭt-bôl')   
n.  

  1. A game played between two teams of five players each, the object being to throw a ball through an elevated basket on the opponent's side of a rectangular court. Players may move the ball by dribbling or passing with the hands.

  2. The inflated, spherical ball used in this game.

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basketball 
1892, Amer.Eng., from basket + ball. The game was invented 1891 by J.A. Naismith, physical education instructor in Springfield, Mass.
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