FOOTBALL TEAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does football team mean? 

• FOOTBALL TEAM (noun)
  The noun FOOTBALL TEAM has 1 sense:

1. a team that plays football

  Familiarity information: FOOTBALL TEAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOOTBALL TEAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A team that plays football

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

eleven; football team

Hypernyms ("football team" is a kind of...):

squad; team (a cooperative unit (especially in sports))

Meronyms (members of "football team"):

line backer; linebacker ((American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage)

field general; quarterback; signal caller ((American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team)

fullback ((American football) an offensive position in the backfield)

halfback ((American football) an offensive back usually positioned behind the quarterback and to the side of the fullback)

tailback ((American football) the position of the offensive back on a football team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage)

wingback ((American football) the position of the offensive back who lines up behind or outside the end)

center ((American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play)

guard; tackle; end ((American football) a position on the line of scrimmage)

backfield (the offensive football players who line up behind the linemen)

secondary (the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen)

linemen (the football players who line up on the line of scrimmage)

Holonyms ("football team" is a member of...):

football league (a league of football teams)