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centre circle

centre circle noun: 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.

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)

centre circle meaning in Tamil

centre circle in Tamil

வட்ட மையம்

Forms of centre circle

pluralcentre circles
alternative formcenter circle

Questions about centre circle

What does centre circle mean?
Centre circle means 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.
What is centre circle in Tamil?
Centre circle in Tamil is வட்ட மையம். See Centre circle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is centre circle?
Centre circle is a noun.
What is the plural of centre circle?
The plural of centre circle is centre circles.

Words near centre circle in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: centre circle (page history and authors); centre circle (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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