third base   (TTS Sound)

The noun third base has 2 senses

• third base, third -- (the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball; "he was cut down on a close play at third")


• third base, third -- (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate); "he is playing third")