basepath

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noun

The grassless ways around the baseball diamond on which runners advance.

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Meanings

nounbasepath (plural basepaths)

plural basepaths

  1. ball gamesThe grassless ways around the baseball diamond on which runners advance.

    Jackson broke up a potential double play in the 1978 World Series when he froze on the basepaths and turned his hip into a throw.

    2007 June 2, Tyler Kepner, “Reconsidering, Torre Admonishes Rodriguez”, in New York Times
  2. ball gamesThe path between two adjacent bases, such as between the first and the second base.

Origin

From base + path.

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Cite this entry
APA

basepath. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basepath

MLA

“basepath.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basepath. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “basepath,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basepath.

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