BREAK OF SERVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does break of serve mean? 

• BREAK OF SERVE (noun)
  The noun BREAK OF SERVE has 1 sense:

1. (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving

  Familiarity information: BREAK OF SERVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BREAK OF SERVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

break; break of serve

Context example:

he was up two breaks in the second set

Hypernyms ("break of serve" is a kind of...):

score (the act of scoring in a game or sport)

Domain category:

lawn tennis; tennis (a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court)