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opposite field
[ op-uh-zit feeld, -sit ]
noun
- the part of the playing field that lies opposite to the side of home plate that the batter stands at, specifically right field for a right-handed batter and left field for a left-handed batter.
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Other Words From
- op·po·site-field adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of opposite field1
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Example Sentences
After studying Juan Soto, the switch-hitting Bell has done damage pole-to-pole, with most of his power to center or the opposite field.
As he dashed away, to cover his first audacity of compliment, Christie lifted the eyes thus apostrophized to the opposite field.
After Bunker Hill the house became a hospital and the dead were buried in the opposite field.
A throw from a guard in the opposite field to his own captain does not score.
As they were talking of it, Roy, the ex-bailiff, was observed crossing the opposite field.
The opposite field, once the scene of slaughter and conflict, now lay as placid and quiet as the surface of a summer lake.
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