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three-minute warnings

three-minute warnings is the plural of three-minute warning.

Meaning of three-minute warning

Noun

three-minute warning (plural three-minute warnings)

  1. (Canadian) A timeout and warning given to the coaches with three minutes to go before the end of each half; after this point, the clock stops at the end of every play. Analogous to the two-minute warning of American football.

Questions about three-minute warnings

What is three-minute warnings the plural of?
Three-minute warnings is the plural of three-minute warning.

Words near three-minute warnings in the dictionary

  1. three-martini lunches
  2. three-men-in-a-boat
  3. three-milk cake
  4. three-milk cakes
  5. three-minute warning
  6. three-minute warnings
  7. three-name
  8. three-named
  9. three-names
  10. three-naming
  11. three-of-a-kind

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