prize ring
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- noun
- /praɪz rɪŋ/
- Archaic
:
ring de boxeo
- The gym was filled with aspiring boxers hoping to one day fight in the prize ring.
Examples
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"Another trick which has been used very successfully by some boxers when contesting under London prize ring rules is, when wrestling with an opponent, to make it a point to fall heavily on top of him, crushing the wind out of him as much as possible."
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After months of training, he felt ready to step into the prize ring and compete against the best.
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You have to understand ... that Mr. Ripstein is a great boxing enthusiast ... a great student of the art ... a great historian of the prize ring.
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The crowd watched eagerly as the fighters entered the prize ring for the championship match.
Synonyms
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A square area with ropes where boxers fight
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'prize' (a reward/contest) with 'ring' (an enclosure or performance platform), so a learner who knows both words can readily infer it is the enclosure used for prizefights/boxing. The meaning is compositional and follows the natural logic 'ring for prize contests', making it directly understandable despite the historical note that boxing "rings" are square in shape.
Etymology
The noun prize ring comes from old boxing matches where fighters fought for a prize of money or a trophy and stood in a ring of people or, later, ropes. So prize ring means the place where boxers compete.