farm club
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5.4
- noun
- /fɑrm klʌb/
- Jargon
:
equipo de granja
- He not only started putting on weight, but he began talking with me about how by this time next year he hoped to be somewhere else: if not at Ebbets Field with the Dodgers, then maybe at one of their good Triple-A farm clubs like Montreal or St. Paul.
- a new farm club
Examples
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This is a farm club.
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MAN 1 : Possibly, and they've got a strong farm club too.
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Q: Los Angeles sent Loktionov to their farm club in the AHL.
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Of course, with the Rangers, it was only a 3-hour drive, and our AAA team, the 89ers, was their farm club until this past season.
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Turning to the farm system, the biggest and most controversial change around here is changing the Cubs' Single-A farm club affiliation from Peoria to Kane County.
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The team developed several promising players in their farm club before moving them to the major league.
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Many athletes start their careers in a farm club where they can hone their skills before hitting the big leagues.
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The farm club provides young players with the opportunity to gain experience and improve their game.
Synonyms
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2.9
A sports team that plays in a lower-level league below the major leagues
3
4.0
A minor-league team that trains young players for a major team
A sports team that plays in a lower league below the top teams
How Professional
Surface Forms
Morphology
farm + club
A B1 learner who knows 'farm' (place for growing/raising) and 'club' (an association) can plausibly infer a metaphorical sense—i.e., a club that 'grows' or develops players. However, the specific institutional meaning (a minor‑league team affiliated with a major club for player development) and the notion of formal affiliation are not fully predictable from the parts, so prior exposure helps.
Etymology
The compound noun farm club comes from the image of a small team acting like a farm, where young players are 'raised' until they are ready to join the main club. That's why farm club means a lower-level team a big team uses to train and prepare players for the top league.