triple-header
triple-header noun: three games played one after another between the same teams.
Noun
triple-header (plural triple-headers)
- Three games played one after another between the same teams.
- Three sporting events, one after the other, at a single venue.
- Three sporting events, one after the other, broadcast on the same television channel.
- Three similar events of any kind performed on the same day.
- Rabbi Feller, who performs 80 to 100 each year, remembers a June 2007 tripleheader when she officiated at morning and early afternoon ceremonies on the East Side, followed by another at the Central Park Boathouse.2009 February 8, John Harney, “‘You May Now Kiss the Bride...Next’”, in New York Times
Forms of triple-header
| plural | triple-headers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tripleheader |
| alternative form | triple header |
Questions about triple-header
- What does triple-header mean?
- Triple-header means three games played one after another between the same teams.
- What part of speech is triple-header?
- Triple-header is a noun.
- What is the plural of triple-header?
- The plural of triple-header is triple-headers.
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