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gridiron football

gridiron football noun: american football and Canadian football, collectively.

Noun

gridiron football (uncountable)

  1. American football and Canadian football, collectively.

Synonyms of gridiron football

Origin of gridiron football

From gridiron + football from the former demarcations on the football field, which was like a gridiron, and being a sport derived from rugby football.

Words formed from gridiron football

Questions about gridiron football

What does gridiron football mean?
Gridiron football means american football and Canadian football, collectively.
What part of speech is gridiron football?
Gridiron football is a noun.

Words near gridiron football in the dictionary

  1. grides
  2. gridified
  3. gridify
  4. griding
  5. gridiron
  6. gridiron football
  7. gridiron football ball
  8. gridiron football balls
  9. gridiron football player
  10. gridiron football players
  11. gridiron plan

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