MIDFIELD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does midfield mean? 

• MIDFIELD (noun)
  The noun MIDFIELD has 1 sense:

1. (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse)

  Familiarity information: MIDFIELD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIDFIELD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("midfield" is a kind of...):

center; centre; eye; heart; middle (an area that is approximately central within some larger region)

Domain category:

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)

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)

Holonyms ("midfield" is a part of...):

athletic field; field; playing area; playing field (a piece of land prepared for playing a game)