rounders
A team sport played with bat and ball with one fielding side and one batting sideA team sport played with bat and ball with one fielding side and one batting side. It is similar to softball and baseball.
» We live in a world which values specialists more than all-rounders.
Wir leben in einer Welt, die Spezialisten mehr schätzt als Generalisten.
Meaning
1 senses(Ireland, UK, uncountable)A team sport played with bat and ball with one fielding side and one batting side. It is similar to softball and baseball.
an English ball game similar to baseball
Examples
1 sentencesWe live in a world which values specialists more than all-rounders.
deWir leben in einer Welt, die Spezialisten mehr schätzt als Generalisten. — al_ex_an_der
Origin
From round + -er + -s, presumably for the circuit that batters make around the field.From round + -er + -s, presumably for the circuit that batters make around the field.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable