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penalty areas

penalty areas is the plural of penalty area.

Meaning of penalty area

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

Questions about penalty areas

What is penalty areas the plural of?
Penalty areas is the plural of penalty area.

Words near penalty areas in the dictionary

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

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