inning

Meaning

1. A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.
2. A similar period of play.
3. A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.
4. A chance or opportunity to perform some deed or act.
5. (obsolete) The gathering of a crop; harvesting.
6. (obsolete) Lands recovered from the sea.

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪnɪŋ/

Back-formation from innings, mistaken to be plural of the time period, not the entries of the batters/batsmen.

New

inn

1. Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
2. A tavern.
3. One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.
4. The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.
5. (obsolete) A place of shelter; hence, dwelling, residence, abode.

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