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BASKETBALL COURT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The court on which basketball is played
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("basketball court" is a kind of...):
court (a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played)
Meronyms (parts of "basketball court"):
free throw lane (a lane on a basketball court extending from the end line to 15 feet in front of the backboard; players may not enter this lane during a free throw)
key; paint ((basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court)
Domain category:
basketball; basketball game; hoops (a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "basketball court"):
home court ((basketball) the court where the host team plays its home games)
