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    ICE HOCKEY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled hockey sticksplay

    Synonyms:

    hockey; hockey game; ice hockey

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("ice hockey" is a kind of...):

    contact sport (a sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players)

    athletic game (a game involving athletic activity)

    Meronyms (parts of "ice hockey"):

    face-off ((ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players)

    check (obstructing an opponent in ice hockey)

    slapshot (a fast shot made with a short powerful swing of the hockey stick)

    Domain member category:

    hat trick ((sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game (as in cricket or ice hockey etc.))

    face-off ((ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players)

    assist ((sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play)

    icing; icing the puck ((ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal)

    power play ((ice hockey) a play in which one team has a numerical advantage over the other as a result of penalties)

    penalty box ((ice hockey) an enclosed bench to the side of an ice-hockey rink for players who are serving time penalties)

    stick (a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball)

    game misconduct ((ice hockey) a penalty that suspends a player for the remainder of a game (but allows the team to send in a substitute for the suspended player))

    center ((ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team)

    period ((ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games)

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