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line of scrimmage

line of scrimmage noun: either of two imaginary lines across the football field touching one of the two apices of the football which point toward either the defensive side or the offensive side before the center is allowed to touch the ball before each play.

line of scrimmage: either of two imaginary lines across the football field touching one of the two apices of the...
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Noun

line of scrimmage (plural lines of scrimmage)

  1. Either of two imaginary lines across the football field touching one of the two apices of the football which point toward either the defensive side or the offensive side before the center is allowed to touch the ball before each play.

Forms of line of scrimmage

plurallines of scrimmage

Words formed from line of scrimmage

Questions about line of scrimmage

What does line of scrimmage mean?
Line of scrimmage means either of two imaginary lines across the football field touching one of the two apices of the football which point toward either the defensive side or the offensive side before the center is allowed to touch the ball before each play.
What part of speech is line of scrimmage?
Line of scrimmage is a noun.
What is the plural of line of scrimmage?
The plural of line of scrimmage is lines of scrimmage.

Words near line of scrimmage in the dictionary

  1. line of nodes
  2. line of operations
  3. line of play
  4. line of purples
  5. line of questioning
  6. line of scrimmage
  7. line of seven
  8. line of sight
  9. line of striction
  10. line of succession
  11. line of supply

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