BASKETBALL COURT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does basketball court mean? 

• BASKETBALL COURT (noun)
  The noun BASKETBALL COURT has 1 sense:

1. the court on which basketball is played

  Familiarity information: BASKETBALL COURT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASKETBALL COURT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The court on which basketball is played

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("basketball court" is a kind of...):

court (a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played)

Meronyms (parts of "basketball court"):

free throw lane (a lane on a basketball court extending from the end line to 15 feet in front of the backboard; players may not enter this lane during a free throw)

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)

Domain category:

basketball; basketball game; hoops (a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "basketball court"):

home court ((basketball) the court where the host team plays its home games)