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REPECHAGE

Dictionary entry overview: What does repechage mean?

• REPECHAGE (noun)
The noun REPECHAGE has 1 sense:

1. a race (especially in rowing) in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final race

Familiarity information: REPECHAGE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• REPECHAGE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A race (especially in rowing) in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final race

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("repechage" is a kind of...):

race (a contest of speed)

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