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half court

half court noun: a game of basketball played on half of the court. Generally, a player or team has to dribble the ball to the half-court line in order to get the chance to score points.

Noun

half court (uncountable)

  1. A game of basketball played on half of the court. Generally, a player or team has to dribble the ball to the half-court line in order to get the chance to score points.

Questions about half court

What does half court mean?
Half court means a game of basketball played on half of the court. Generally, a player or team has to dribble the ball to the half-court line in order to get the chance to score points.
What part of speech is half court?
Half court is a noun.

Words near half court in the dictionary

  1. half cell
  2. half cells
  3. half cent
  4. half cents
  5. half columnar
  6. half court
  7. half cousin
  8. half cousins
  9. half crown
  10. half crowns
  11. half cut

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