rounders

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹaʊ̯nd.ə(ɹ)z/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aʊndə(ɹ)z

Etymology 1

From round +‎ -er +‎ -s,[1] presumably for the circuit that batters make around the field.

Noun

rounders (uncountable)

  1. (UK, Ireland) A team sport played with bat and ball with one fielding side and one batting side. It is similar to softball and baseball.

References

  1. ^ “rounder, n.2.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2011.

Etymology 2

Noun

rounders

  1. plural of rounder

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English rounders.

Noun

rounders (plural rounders-rounders)

  1. rounders: a team sport played with bat and ball with one fielding side and one batting side. It is similar to softball and baseball

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