fair ball

1. 1.

   (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field

   Antonymsfoul ball

   Broadercontact

   baseball

Questions about fair ball

What does fair ball mean?

fair ball means "(baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field".

What is the opposite of fair ball?

The recorded antonyms are foul ball.

Is fair ball a common word?

fair ball is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.