Definition of "ballpark" []

• A park or stadium in which ball games are played. (noun)
• Slang The approximately proper range, as of possibilities or alternatives: Your estimate is high, but still in the ballpark. (noun)
• Of, relating to, or used in a park or stadium: ballpark lights; ballpark seating. (adjective)
• Slang Being approximately proper in range: gave a ballpark estimate of future unit sales. (adjective)

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• ""Having different flavors of ice cream for the ballpark is a good thing.""
• "''A shutout against this club in this ballpark is almost impossible,' 'Reds manager Dusty Baker said."
• "To keep those guys to four hits in 10 innings in this ballpark is a testimony to the quality of pitching tonight."