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offensive line

offensive line noun: the five players of the team possessing the ball comprising the center, the left and right offensive guards, and the left and right offensive tackles who are positioned around the ball at the line of scrimmage.

Noun

offensive line (plural offensive lines)

  1. (Canadian) The five players of the team possessing the ball comprising the center, the left and right offensive guards, and the left and right offensive tackles who are positioned around the ball at the line of scrimmage.
  2. (Canadian, uncommon) The seven players required to be within one yard of the line of scrimmage in an offensive formation.
  3. (Canadian, uncommon) All of the offensive players, whether obligatory or not, lined up one yard or less from the line of scrimmage.

Synonyms of offensive line

Forms of offensive line

pluraloffensive lines

Questions about offensive line

What does offensive line mean?
Offensive line means the five players of the team possessing the ball comprising the center, the left and right offensive guards, and the left and right offensive tackles who are positioned around the ball at the line of scrimmage.
What part of speech is offensive line?
Offensive line is a noun.
What is the plural of offensive line?
The plural of offensive line is offensive lines.

Words near offensive line in the dictionary

  1. offensive backs
  2. offensive foul
  3. offensive fouls
  4. offensive guard
  5. offensive guards
  6. offensive line
  7. offensive line of scrimmage
  8. offensive lines
  9. offensive lines of scrimmage
  10. offensive tackle
  11. offensive tackles

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