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first base

/ˈfɜrst ˈbeɪs/ n [U] (PLACE)

Definition

the first place a baseball player has to touch in order to score, or the position near this place played by a member of the team in the field
(Definition of first base n (PLACE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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