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squash rackets

squash rackets

3.9
A sport in a small walled court where players hit a small rubber ball with a long-handled frame
  • noun
  • /skwɑʃ ˈrækɪts/
translation icon : squash
  • They arranged a squash rackets match after work every Friday.

Examples

  • The health club has several courts for squash rackets available to members.

  • He enjoys playing squash rackets every weekend.

  • He has been playing squash rackets competitively since college.

  • Have you ever tried squash rackets?

  • He enjoys playing squash rackets with his friends at the club every weekend.

  • The college team practices regularly to prepare for their squash rackets tournaments.

  • At the gym, there are two courts dedicated to squash rackets for members to use.

Synonyms

squash
vssquash rackets
21 3.2

A fast indoor racket game where two or four players hit a small rubber ball against the walls

specifies rackets have long handles rather than leaving length unspecified

Surface Forms

squash rackets singular
squash rackets plural

Morphology

squash + racket

The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'squash' (the indoor racket sport) with 'rackets' (the sporting implements), so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand it refers to the sport or the equipment used for it. This noun+noun composition follows a regular, compositional naming pattern found across languages, making the phrase transparent.

Etymology

Squash rackets comes from the soft ball players used: the ball would 'squash' when it hit the wall, and they played with long-handled rackets, so the name joined the two parts. That's why today squash rackets means the indoor game played with rackets and a small rubber ball.