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BASKETBALL HOOP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does basketball hoop mean?
• BASKETBALL HOOP (noun)
The noun BASKETBALL HOOP has 1 sense:
1. horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball
Familiarity information: BASKETBALL HOOP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("basketball hoop" is a kind of...):
basketball equipment (sports equipment used in playing basketball)
goal (game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points)
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