rounders
noun/ˈraʊndərz/
Frequency rank: #18,098 most common English word
Meaning
a British ball game played between two teams, in which players hit a ball and run around a circuit of bases to score points.
Example sentence
During the school sports day, the children played rounders in the park for most of the afternoon.
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