nnoun.person(baseball) the person who plays the position of catcherTopic:ballbaseballbaseball gamesoftballsoftball game
Synset:catcher
Derivationally Related Form:catch
Hypernyms:infielder
Inherited Hypernyms:catcherinfielderfielderballplayerathletecontestantpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:catcherinfielderfielderballplayerathletecontestantpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:catcherinfielderfielderballplayerplayercontestantpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:catcherinfielderfielderballplayerplayercontestantpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.artifact(baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing fieldTopic:ballbaseballbaseball game
Derivationally Related Form:backstop
Hypernyms:fence fencing
Inherited Hypernyms:backstopfencebarrierobstructionstructureartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.acta precaution in case of an emergencyExamples:- he acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong
Hypernyms:guard precaution safeguard
Inherited Hypernyms:backstopprecautionmeasuremaneuvermovedecisionchoiceactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.competitionact as a backstopTopic:ballbaseballbaseball game
Derivationally Related Form:backstop
Hypernyms:play
Inherited Hypernyms:backstopplaycompete
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s