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goal line

goal line noun: the boundary of the field that runs along its width at each end, and across the front of the goal.

Noun

goal line (plural goal lines)

  1. (rugby league, hurling, Gaelic football) the boundary of the field that runs along its width at each end, and across the front of the goal.
  2. part of a vertical plane separating an end zone from the field of play when the ball is touched or is in player possession. The plane extends beyond the sidelines. A team’s goal line is that which it is defending.
  3. the red line that runs across the rink and the front of the goal.

Forms of goal line

pluralgoal lines

Questions about goal line

What does goal line mean?
Goal line means the boundary of the field that runs along its width at each end, and across the front of the goal.
What part of speech is goal line?
Goal line is a noun.
What is the plural of goal line?
The plural of goal line is goal lines.

Words near goal line in the dictionary

  1. goal judges
  2. goal keeper
  3. goal keepers
  4. goal kick
  5. goal kicks
  6. goal line
  7. goal lines
  8. goal machine
  9. goal machines
  10. goal post
  11. goal posts

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