"T-ball" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: T-balls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} T-ball (countable and uncountable, plural T-balls)
  1. (US, uncountable) A form of baseball, played by young children, in which the batter hits a ball placed on a tee rather than being thrown by a pitcher. Tags: US, uncountable
    Sense id: en-T-ball-en-noun-97DGGK6o Categories (other): American English
  2. (US, countable) The lightweight wiffleball used to play a game of T-ball. Tags: US, countable Categories (topical): Ball games Synonyms: tee ball, tee-ball
    Sense id: en-T-ball-en-noun-50OiwQXB Disambiguation of Ball games: 39 61 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 66

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