ICE HOCKEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ice hockey mean? 

• ICE HOCKEY (noun)
  The noun ICE HOCKEY has 1 sense:

1. a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled hockey sticks

  Familiarity information: ICE HOCKEY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ICE HOCKEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled hockey sticks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

hockey; hockey game; ice hockey

Hypernyms ("ice hockey" is a kind of...):

contact sport (a sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players)

athletic game (a game involving athletic activity)

Meronyms (parts of "ice hockey"):

face-off ((ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players)

check (obstructing an opponent in ice hockey)

slapshot (a fast shot made with a short powerful swing of the hockey stick)

Domain member category:

hat trick ((sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game (as in cricket or ice hockey etc.))

face-off ((ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players)

assist ((sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play)

icing; icing the puck ((ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal)

power play ((ice hockey) a play in which one team has a numerical advantage over the other as a result of penalties)

penalty box ((ice hockey) an enclosed bench to the side of an ice-hockey rink for players who are serving time penalties)

stick (a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball)

game misconduct ((ice hockey) a penalty that suspends a player for the remainder of a game (but allows the team to send in a substitute for the suspended player))

center ((ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team)

period ((ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games)