Meaning

noun a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop

noun an inflated ball used in playing basketball

originEtymology tree Proto-Celtic *baskis Proto-Brythonicder. Late Latin bascauda Anglo-Norman bascatbor. Middle English basket English basket Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal English ball English basketball From basket + ball.

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