"baseball bat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: baseball bats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} baseball bat (plural baseball bats)
  1. A long instrument, typically wood, metal, or plastic, which is swung to strike baseballs. Translations (long instrument swung to strike baseballs): 棒球棒 (Chinese Mandarin), baseballová pálka [feminine] (Czech), honkbalknuppel [masculine] (Dutch), baseball-maila (Finnish), batte de baseball [feminine] (French), Baseballschläger [masculine] (German), baseballütő (Hungarian), mazza da baseball [feminine] (Italian), バット (batto) (Japanese), 야구 방망이 (yagu bangmang'i) (Korean), 배트 (baeteu) (Korean), बेसबॉल बॅट (besbŏl bĕṭ) [feminine] (Marathi), چوب بیسبال (čub-e beysbâl) (Persian), baseball [masculine] (Polish), bejsbol [masculine] (Polish), taco de beisebol [masculine] (Portuguese), bastão de beisebol [masculine] (Portuguese), bâtă de baseball [feminine] (Romanian), би́та (bíta) (Russian), бита́ (bitá) (Russian), bate de béisbol [masculine] (Spanish), bate de beisbol [masculine] (Spanish), slagträ [neuter] (Swedish), chày (Vietnamese)

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          "sense": "long instrument swung to strike baseballs",
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          "sense": "long instrument swung to strike baseballs",
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          "roman": "yagu bangmang'i",
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          "sense": "long instrument swung to strike baseballs",
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          "sense": "long instrument swung to strike baseballs",
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