infield

Plural: infields

Noun

• The area of a baseball field enclosed by the bases.
• the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
• The area inside a racetrack or running track.
• A constrained scope or area.
• An area to cultivate: a field
• The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base.
• (as a modifier, functioning as an adjective) Of an event, happening in the infield.
• The region of the field roughly bounded by the wicket keeper, slips, gully, point, cover, mid off, mid on, midwicket and square leg.

Verb

• To enclose (a piece of land); make a field of.

Adv

• Toward or into the infield.

Examples

• He tried to play INFIELD, but it didn’t fit the letter tiles he had.
• Jones ran out an infield single.
• Let’s keep this problem in the infield.
• They covered the infield with a tarp when it started to rain.

Synonyms

baseball diamond, diamond

Antonyms

outfield

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