BASKETBALL TEAM
Dictionary entry overview: What does basketball team mean?
• BASKETBALL TEAM (noun)
The noun BASKETBALL TEAM has 1 sense:
1. a team that plays basketball
Familiarity information: BASKETBALL TEAM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BASKETBALL TEAM (noun)
Meaning:
A team that plays basketball
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
basketball team; five
Hypernyms ("basketball team" is a kind of...):
squad; team (a cooperative unit)
Meronyms (members of "basketball team"):
forward (a position on a basketball team)
center (a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game)
guard (a position on a basketball team)
Holonyms ("basketball team" is a member of...):
basketball league (a league of basketball teams)