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Plural of basketball

regular plural

The plural of basketball is basketballs.

Forms of basketball

Singularbasketball /ˈbɑːs.kɪt.bɔːl/
Pluralbasketballs
Countablecountable and uncountable

Meaning of basketball

  1. noun A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
  2. noun The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.
  3. verb To play basketball.

Full definition of basketball

Questions about the plural of basketball

What is the plural of basketball?
The plural of basketball is basketballs.
Is basketball countable?
Basketball is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: basketball (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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