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football pitches

football pitches is the plural of football pitch.

Meaning of football pitch

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

Questions about football pitches

What is football pitches the plural of?
Football pitches is the plural of football pitch.

Words near football pitches in the dictionary

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

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