Noun: ballpark 'bol,pãrk
Usage: informal
- [N. Amer] (baseball) a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)
"take me out to the ballpark";
- park
- [informal] Near to the scope or range of something
"his answer wasn't even in the right ballpark";
- approximate range
Usage: informal
- Estimate or give an approximate figure for something
"We ballparked the project cost at around $50,000"; "They ballparked the adoption in the US to be around 20% of the adult population"
Derived forms: ballparked, ballparking, ballparks
Type of: ambit, arena, bowl [N. Amer], compass, orbit, range, reach, scope, sports stadium, stadium
Encyclopedia: Ballpark, The