badminton court
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈbædmɪntən kɔrt/
:
cancha de bádminton
- Children enjoy playing games on the badminton court during gym class.
Examples
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And here we have a badminton court.
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"Badminton courts," Michael said.
Fiction book (1995) -
The sports facilities for a standard secondary school in Hong Kong include only one outdoor basketball court and one multi-purpose indoor hall large enough to contain two badminton courts.
Academic text (2002) -
Close call—I told Muffy to get it, but she was outside staking off the badminton court.
Fiction book (1994) -
The local club has a new badminton court where players can meet for tournaments.
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After school, the students practice their skills on the badminton court behind the gym.
Synonyms
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1.1
An area marked for playing sports like tennis or basketball
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1.8
An area marked and prepared for sports, like a field or court
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'badminton' (the sport) with 'court' (an area marked for playing a sport). The compound follows a common and cross-linguistic pattern (e.g., 'tennis court', 'basketball court'), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
The noun badminton court comes from a big house called Badminton in England, where people long ago played an early form of the game on a marked area. So the name joined badminton (the place) and court (a marked playing area), and today it means the area marked out for playing badminton.