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football pitch

football pitch noun: a playing field on which the game of football is played.

Noun

football pitch (plural football pitches)

  1. A playing field on which the game of football is played.
    Synonyms:
    soccer field
  2. (broadly) An informal unit of measure of area, equal to the area of an Association football pitch (typically 76,900 square feet or 1.76 acres).
    • New research out this morning shows that roughly 1.8m square metres of office floor space was taken out of use in the UK in the past year. The move, equivalent to 248 football pitches,[…]2022 November 26, Michiel Willems, “Hybrid jobs: 248 football pitches of office space has simply vanished”, in cityam.com

Synonyms of football pitch

Forms of football pitch

pluralfootball pitches

Origin of football pitch

Compound of football + pitch.

Questions about football pitch

What does football pitch mean?
Football pitch means a playing field on which the game of football is played.
What part of speech is football pitch?
Football pitch is a noun.
What is the plural of football pitch?
The plural of football pitch is football pitches.

Words near football pitch in the dictionary

  1. football matches
  2. football minute
  3. football minutes
  4. football pie
  5. football pies
  6. football pitch
  7. football pitches
  8. football player
  9. football players
  10. football pool
  11. football pools

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