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farm team

farm team noun: a minor league baseball, ice hockey or other sports team, especially one concerned with player development.

Noun

farm team (plural farm teams)

  1. (slang) A minor league baseball, ice hockey or other sports team, especially one concerned with player development.
    Synonyms:
    farm club, feeder team, nursery club

Synonyms of farm team

Forms of farm team

pluralfarm teams

Origin of farm team

A reference to the fact that many minor league teams in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were in small towns in rural areas.

Questions about farm team

What does farm team mean?
Farm team means a minor league baseball, ice hockey or other sports team, especially one concerned with player development.
What part of speech is farm team?
Farm team is a noun.
What is the plural of farm team?
The plural of farm team is farm teams.

Words near farm team in the dictionary

  1. farm sim
  2. farm stall
  3. farm stalls
  4. farm stand
  5. farm stands
  6. farm team
  7. farm teams
  8. farm the strike
  9. farm upstate
  10. farm work
  11. farm worker

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