an inflated ball used in playing basketball

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

A competitive team sport played on a rectangular court having a raised basket at each end.

A popular garre somewhat resembling football, usually played in a gymnasium with teams of five on a side, and with goals or baskets at each end; a spherical air- filled ball used in the game.

A game in which opposing teams of five players endeavor to score against one another by tossing a ball into basket- like goals.

What is life without basketball? – Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School or The Parting of the Ways by Jessie Graham Flower

We couldn't bear to believe for a minute that there would be no basketball. – Marjorie Dean High School Freshman by Pauline Lester

She is the president of her class, the captain of the senior basketball team, too, and the most popular girl in Oakdale High School. – Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School or The Parting of the Ways by Jessie Graham Flower

We play lots of things, like basketball in the field, so we are healthy. – The Cricket by Marjorie Cooke

Dr. Huber Grimm, team physician of the Seattle University basketball team, recently related the results when Dave Mills, a six- foot five- inch junior forward, asked for his help because he " froze" during competition. – A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis by Melvin Powers

Here we have a number of thrilling contests at basketball and in addition, the solving of a mystery which had bothered the high school authorities for a long while. – Left End Edwards by Ralph Henry Barbour

Then Channel Four with a basketball game. – Abducted to Oz by Bob Evans and Chris Dulabone

One time a rock about the size of a basketball went so high and came down so fast that it came down through the roof of the cook shack, came on down through the ceiling, landed in a stack of metal dinner plates and took them down through the table and on down through the floor. – The-Life-of-Me-an-autobiography by Johnson, Clarence Edgar

Are you going to play on the junior basketball team this year, Mabel? – Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School or The Parting of the Ways by Jessie Graham Flower

In " Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School" the girl chums appeared as basketball enthusiasts. – Grace Harlowe's First Year at Overton College by Jessie Graham Flower

8. Basketball is a game that I have played for years, and I am greatly interested in. – The Century Handbook of Writing by Garland Greever Easley S. Jones

If I can lose five pounds more this summer I shall be in fine condition for basketball next fall. – Grace Harlowe's Second Year at Overton College by Jessie Graham Flower

The streets had no sidewalks and the inevitable basketball nets over every garage showed no signs of use. – Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow

During an interim when another parish house was being built, Christ Church basketball teams used the Holy Cross Monastery Hall for an entire year, with the full approval of the Roman authorities and the gratitude of Mr. Nelson. – Frank H. Nelson of Cincinnati by Warren C. Herrick

" I can make the basketball team," finished Elfreda. – Grace Harlowe's Second Year at Overton College by Jessie Graham Flower

Here may be found the ball diamond, tennis court, and basketball courts. – Community Civics and Rural Life by Arthur W. Dunn

" I think you'd make an ideal mascot for the sophomore basketball team this year," laughed Grace. – Grace Harlowe's Second Year at Overton College by Jessie Graham Flower