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Word: Basketball
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbɑːskɪtbɔːl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a game played between two teams of five players in which goals are scored by throwing a ball through a netted hoop fixed at each end of the court
Short Definition:game in which goals are scored by throwing ball through hoop
Examples:- I played basketball at college
- the team had not won a basketball game in over a month
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