Bullpen

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  bullpen \bull"pen`\ (b[.u]l"p[e^]n`), n. (Baseball)
     1. an open area in a baseball stadium, off the playing field,
        where pitchers may warm up by throwing a number of trial
        pitches before playing.
        [PJC]
  


     2. [collective] the relief pitchers on a baseball team.
        Contrasted with {starters}.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bullpen
       n 1: a place on a baseball field where relief pitchers can warm
            up during a game
       2: a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or
          sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined
          together temporarily [syn: {detention cell}, {detention
          centre}]