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center circle

center circle is the alternative form of centre circle.

Meaning of centre circle

Noun

centre circle (plural centre circles)

  1. The circle in the centre of the pitch which, at kick-off, the defending team may not enter until the attacking side has touched the ball.
    • Vardy should have equalled Dunne’s record nine minutes in, when he dispossessed Williams in the centre circle and sped clear.2015 December 5, Alan Smith, “Leicester City back on top as Riyad Mahrez hat-trick downs Swansea City”, in The Guardian (London)

Forms of center circle

pluralcenter circles

Questions about center circle

What is center circle the alternative form of?
Center circle is the alternative form of centre circle.

Words near center circle in the dictionary

  1. Centenos
  2. center
  3. center back
  4. center backs
  5. Center Barnstead
  6. center circle
  7. center circles
  8. Center City
  9. center console
  10. center consoles
  11. Center Conway

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