SPORTS IMPLEMENT

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does sports implement mean? 

• SPORTS IMPLEMENT (noun)
  The noun SPORTS IMPLEMENT has 1 sense:

1. an implement used in a sport

  Familiarity information: SPORTS IMPLEMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPORTS IMPLEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An implement used in a sport

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sports implement" is a kind of...):

implement (instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sports implement"):

baton (a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race)

cue; cue stick; pool cue; pool stick (sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards)

mallet (a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball)

pole (a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting)

racket; racquet (a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games)