Meaning

2 senses
  1. The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to your right if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.

    the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the right third of the outfield (looking from home plate)

  2. The defensive position in the outfield to the right, typically played by a player who can throw well.

    He's got a cannon out in right field.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. He hit a fly into right field.

  2. I played right field.

Forms

plural: right fields
Singularright field
Pluralright fields

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the right third of the outfield (looking from home plate):rightfield
  • the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right:rightfieldright

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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