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MAIDEN OVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does maiden over mean?
• MAIDEN OVER (noun)
The noun MAIDEN OVER has 1 sense:
1. (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored
Familiarity information: MAIDEN OVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(cricket) an over in which no runs are scored
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
maiden; maiden over
Hypernyms ("maiden over" is a kind of...):
over ((cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch)
Domain category:
cricket (a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs)
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