GAME EQUIPMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does game equipment mean? 

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

1. equipment or apparatus used in playing a game

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAME EQUIPMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Equipment or apparatus used in playing a game

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

equipment (an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service)

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

jack; jackstones (game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks)

spinner (board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game)

roulette wheel; wheel (game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in)

quoit (game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits)

billiard table; pool table; snooker table (game equipment consisting of a heavy table on which pool is played)

pin table; pinball machine (game equipment on which pinball is played)

paintball gun (an air gun used in the game of paintball; designed to simulate a semiautomatic)

net (game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton)

man; piece (game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games)

backboard; basketball backboard (a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball)

horseshoe (game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes)

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)

game (the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game)

crossbar (game equipment consisting of a horizontal bar to be jumped or vaulted over)

counter (game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games)

bowling equipment (equipment used in bowling)

ball (round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games)