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FOUL LINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lines through 1st and 3rd base indicating the boundaries of a baseball field
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("foul line" is a kind of...):
line (in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area)
Holonyms ("foul line" is a part of...):
ball field; baseball field; diamond (the baseball playing field)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A line across a bowling alley that a bowler must not cross
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("foul line" is a kind of...):
line (in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area)
Holonyms ("foul line" is a part of...):
alley; bowling alley; skittle alley (a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A line from which basketball players take penalty shots
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("foul line" is a kind of...):
line (in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area)
Holonyms ("foul line" is a part of...):
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)
