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cricket equipment

cricket equipment

2.8
The things players use in cricket, like bats, balls and protective clothing
  • noun
  • UK
translation icon : equipo de cricket
  • He was excited to unpack his new cricket equipment for the summer league.

Examples

  • In the distance, we see a group of girls carrying cricket equipment coming at us.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The coach checked that all the players had their cricket equipment before the match.

  • The sports store had a sale on protective cricket equipment for young players.

Synonyms

sports equipment
vscricket equipment
3 1.5

Things used to play a sport, like balls, racquets, or protective gear

is limited to gear for that specific game, naming bats, wickets, and similar items

Surface Forms

cricket equipment singular
cricket equipments plural

Morphology

cricket + equipment

The meaning 'equipment used in the game of cricket' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'cricket' (the game) with 'equipment' (objects required for an activity). This modifier+noun composition (X equipment = equipment for X) is common across languages and follows a predictable pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

The phrase cricket equipment shows its two parts: cricket (the sport) and equipment (the tools and protective clothes). Imagine players carrying a bat, a ball, pads and wooden wickets to the field, so it means 'the things you need to play and to stay safe in cricket'.