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badminton racket

badminton racket

1 2.6
A light, long-handled frame with strings used to hit the shuttlecock in badminton
  • noun
  • /ˈbædmɪntən ˈrækɪt/
translation icon : raqueta de bádminton
  • He prefers using a lightweight badminton racket for better control during matches.

Examples

  • For our gym class, we all need a badminton racket to start playing.

  • In the previous year, however, the 6th-grade students had received several lessons involving the use of badminton rackets.

    Academic text (1990)

  • I took a badminton racket from where Ava had stuck it behind the passenger seat, and I gently poked the handle along the floor where the cat should have been.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • During the summer camp, each child received a badminton racket as part of the sports equipment.

Synonyms

racket
vsbadminton racket
43 1.6

A handled frame with tight strings used to hit a ball in tennis

is the lightweight, small-headed form used specifically for shuttlecock play
badminton racquet
vsbadminton racket
2.9

A light frame with a long handle and small head used to hit the shuttlecock in badminton

is the same implement but written with the alternate spelling
battledore
vsbadminton racket
  • Archaic
9.9

A light wooden racket with a long handle used to hit a shuttlecock

is the modern standard form rather than the historical early version

How Complete

to kit
1 3.5
badminton racket
1 2.6

Surface Forms

badminton racket singular
badminton rackets plural

Morphology

badminton + racket

The noun-noun combination is fully compositional: 'badminton' names the sport and 'racket' names the implement, so the phrase straightforwardly refers to the racket used for badminton. This regular compound pattern is cross-linguistically common and therefore immediately inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Badminton racket comes from a country house called Badminton, where people began playing the game and used a light wooden racket to hit a feathered 'shuttlecock'. So today badminton racket means 'a light, long-handled racket used to hit the shuttlecock'.