ballpark

/ˌbɔlˈpɑrk/

/ˈbɔlpɑk/

Other forms: ballparks

A ballpark is the area where baseball is played. When you go to the ballpark, you can sit in the stands, eat a hot dog, and cheer for your favorite team.

Ballpark is an American word from the late 1800s, originally a shortened form of baseball park. The ballpark is familiar to baseball fans, their equivalent of a football stadium or a tennis court. Colloquially, you can be "in the ballpark" when you're close or within a certain range: "I'm just guessing how much that car costs, but I bet I'm in the ballpark."

Definitions of ballpark

1. noun

   a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)
   “take me out to the ballpark”

   synonyms: park

   type of:

   arena, bowl, sports stadium, stadium

   a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
2. noun

   near to the scope or range of something
   “his answer wasn't even in the right ballpark”

   synonyms: approximate range

   type of:

   ambit, compass, orbit, range, reach, scope

   an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"