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REAL TENNIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does real tennis mean?
• REAL TENNIS (noun)
The noun REAL TENNIS has 1 sense:
1. an ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled court
Familiarity information: REAL TENNIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled court
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
court tennis; real tennis; royal tennis
Hypernyms ("real tennis" is a kind of...):
lawn tennis; tennis (a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court)
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