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18-yard boxes

18-yard boxes is the plural of 18-yard box.

Meaning of 18-yard box

Noun

18-yard box (plural 18-yard boxes)

  1. penalty box
    • Falcao, who scored the only goal in last season's Europa League final as Porto beat Braga, received the ball halfway between the six- and 18-yard boxes.2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, in the Guardian

Questions about 18-yard boxes

What is 18-yard boxes the plural of?
18-yard boxes is the plural of 18-yard box.

Words near 18-yard boxes in the dictionary

  1. 18-gon
  2. 18-gons
  3. 18-wheeler
  4. 18-wheelers
  5. 18-yard box
  6. 18-yard boxes
  7. 18-yard line
  8. 18-yard lines
  9. 180
  10. 180-degree rule
  11. 1800

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