football stadium
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- noun
- /ˈfʊtbɔl ˈsteɪdiəm/
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estadio de fútbol
- Our football stadium seats 107,282, and home football games always sell out.
Now the two of us just laid there in the middle of the empty football stadium looking at the sky and start gazing through the night.
- Now the two of us just laid there in the middle of the empty football stadium looking at the sky and start gazing through the night.
- And the the only situations where it happens is in a football stadium or in a car.
Examples
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20,000 people turned out last night at a football stadium in Mobile, Alabama, to hear Republican front-runner Donald Trump.
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Can you tell us when was the first football stadium built and where was it built?
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You know when people at a football stadium do the wave?
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Did you used to work at the football stadium?
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This guy can fill up a football stadium on a Tuesday.
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Senior management brought the field engineers into the football stadium and gave a speech.
Blog text (17) -
Most significantly, perhaps, a major football stadium, home of the New England Patriots, is located in Foxborough.
Academic text (2003) -
Fifteen minutes before the game, we were clomping over to the football stadium, clad in our stiff, royal-blue polyester pants and tall fuzzy hats.
Fiction book (2002) -
Last night, the concert at the football stadium drew a crowd of over 50,000 fans.
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The new football stadium has state-of-the-art facilities for players and spectators alike.
Synonyms
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1.4
A large open building with seats around a field for sports or concerts
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2.5
A large outdoor building with seats for many people to watch sports or concerts
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Morphology
The meaning 'a stadium for football' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'football' (the sport) with 'stadium' (a venue for events). This noun–noun compounding is a common, compositional pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Football stadium joins the word football, the game, with stadium, a large place built for sports. It creates a clear image of a big field surrounded by seats where fans watch, so it means 'a place to play and watch football'.