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double-breaks

double-breaks is the plural of double-break.

Meaning of double-break

Noun

double-break (plural double-breaks)

  1. In a set, an advantage equivalent to two breaks of serve.
    • In the seventh game of the deciding set, one backhand came in at a thundering 99mph – this was followed by a lightening forehand return from Nadal's next serve to make it 30-love. A double-break would have left Nadal with no out-clause, but he clung on to pull the score back to 4-3.2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in the Guardian

Questions about double-breaks

What is double-breaks the plural of?
Double-breaks is the plural of double-break.

Words near double-breaks in the dictionary

  1. double-book
  2. double-booked
  3. double-booking
  4. double-books
  5. double-break
  6. double-breaks
  7. double-breasted
  8. double-check
  9. double-checked
  10. double-checking
  11. double-checks

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