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TRIPLE CROWN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(baseball) an unofficial title won by a batter who leads the league in hitting average, runs batted in, and home runs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("triple crown" is a kind of...):
championship; title (the status of being a champion)
Domain category:
ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(horse racing) a title won by a horse that can win the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("triple crown" is a kind of...):
championship; title (the status of being a champion)
Domain category:
horse racing (the sport of racing horses)
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