FIELD GAME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does field game mean? 

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

1. an outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIELD GAME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

outdoor game (an athletic game that is played outdoors)

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

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

football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)

hurling (a traditional Irish game resembling hockey; played by two teams of 15 players each)

ball game; ballgame (a field game played with a ball (especially baseball))

cricket (a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs)

lacrosse (a game invented by American Indians; now played by two teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and throw the ball toward the opponents' goal)

polo (a game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball)

pushball (a game using a leather ball six feet in diameter; the two side try to push it across the opponents' goal)

ultimate frisbee (a game between two teams whose players try to toss a Frisbee to one another until they cross the opponents goal; possession changes hands when the Frisbee is intercepted or touches the ground or goes out of bounds)