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penalty area

penalty area noun: an area of a pitch or field, inside which a penalty is given to the offensive team if a foul is made by the defensive team.

Noun

penalty area (plural penalty areas)

  1. An area of a pitch or field, inside which a penalty is given to the offensive team if a foul is made by the defensive team.
    • Racing out of his penalty area after a poor clearance, Haimov was beaten to the ball by Jerome, who rolled it to the waiting Shotton to fire a low shot past the goalkeeper.2011 October 20, Michael da Silva, “Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv”, in BBC Sport

penalty area meaning in Arabic

penalty area in Arabic

area on a soccer pitch
مَنْطِقَةُ العَمَلِيَّات manṭiqatu l-ʕamaliyyāt

Synonyms of penalty area

Forms of penalty area

pluralpenalty areas

Questions about penalty area

What does penalty area mean?
Penalty area means an area of a pitch or field, inside which a penalty is given to the offensive team if a foul is made by the defensive team.
What is penalty area in Arabic?
Penalty area in Arabic is مَنْطِقَةُ العَمَلِيَّات (manṭiqatu l-ʕamaliyyāt). See Penalty area meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is penalty area?
Penalty area is a noun.
What is the plural of penalty area?
The plural of penalty area is penalty areas.

Words near penalty area in the dictionary

  1. Penalozas
  2. penalties
  3. penalty
  4. penalty arc
  5. penalty arcs
  6. penalty area
  7. penalty areas
  8. penalty box
  9. penalty boxes
  10. penalty card
  11. penalty cards

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