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

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

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

" 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

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

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