Synonyms

ball park

[bawl-pahrk]

ball·park

[bawl-pahrk]
noun
1.
a tract of land where ball games, especially baseball, are played.
2.
a baseball stadium.
adjective
3.
Informal. being an approximation, based on an educated guess: Give me a ballpark figure on our total expenses for next year.

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Ball park is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
4.
in the ballpark, Informal. within reasonable, acceptable, or expected limits: The price may go up another $10, but that's still in the ballpark.
Also, ball park.


Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism; ball1 + park
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