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FIELD HOCKEY

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• FIELD HOCKEY (noun)
The noun FIELD HOCKEY has 1 sense:

1. a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field; two opposing teams use curved sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net

Familiarity information: FIELD HOCKEY used as a noun is very rare.

• FIELD HOCKEY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field; two opposing teams use curved sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

field hockey; hockey

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

field game (an outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions)

Domain member category:

goalmouth ((sports) the area immediately in front of the goal)

net (a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey))

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

winger ((sports) player in wing position)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "field hockey"):

shinney; shinny (a simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck)

"Hair of the dog that bit you."
(English proverb)
"The drunk ones will sober up, but the mad ones will not clever up"
(Breton proverb)
"Your son is like how you raised him. And your husband is like how you trained him."
(Arabic proverb)
"A curse turns against the one who uttered it."
(Corsican proverb)

Useful links:
Meaning of shinney
Definition of stick
Definition of shinny
Definition of goalmouth
Pronunciation of field game

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