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centre back

centre back is the alternative form of centre-back.

Meaning of centre-back

Noun

centre-back (plural centre-backs)

  1. A central defender, a player who plays in the centre of defence, just in front of the goalkeeper
    • Ferguson was incensed as referee Martin Atkinson pointed to the spot - and United's sense of injustice deepened when Nemanja Vidic was sent off in stoppage time after receiving a second yellow card for a foul on Ramires, ruling the centre-back out of the visit to Liverpool on Sunday.2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC

Forms of centre back

pluralcentre backs

Questions about centre back

What is centre back the alternative form of?
Centre back is the alternative form of centre-back.

Words near centre back in the dictionary

  1. centraparietal
  2. centrarchid
  3. centrarchids
  4. centration
  5. centre
  6. centre back
  7. centre backs
  8. centre circle
  9. centre circles
  10. centre console
  11. centre consoles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: centre back (page history and authors); centre-back (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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