Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A game played on turf in which two opposing teams of players, using curved sticks, try to drive a ball into the opponents' goal.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field; two opposing teams use curved sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net
Examples
“But it’s true—she’s not even that pretty, yet somehow her shiny white smile on pink dimple cheeks always wins out, despite her plain brown hair and eyes, her curveless, boylike, field hockey body.”
“Less than a year," Tariq said-He befriended an older man in prison, he said, a fellow named Salim, a Pakistani, a former field hockey player who had been in and out of prison for years and who was serving ten years for stabbing an undercover policeman.”
“WHAM WHAM Harry's universe was a madness of noise and jolts, as if a giant had put him in a garbage can and used the can for a field hockey puck.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘field hockey’.
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SPOR - Olympic glossary
hurdle, tempo, consortium, caption, mutual understanding, jury, radio, javelin, extra time, boxing, Lander, European and 521 more...
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Ball Games and Sports
A list of games and sports played with a ball, including names of the courts, fields and pitches in which they are played.
I'll start the list with Basque pelota, which is played in Id...Basque pelota, bocce, pitch, crease, cricket, bowls, field, gridiron, court, basketball, netball, soccer and 106 more...
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WF - retronyms
Once new generation technologies make the original products obsolete, the latter soon need an adjective in front...
For the most part ADJ+NOUN collocations where the ADJ refers to a pr...analog clock, analog synthesizer, analog watch, analog recording, conventional oven, conventional weapon, conventional airp..., conventional land..., conventional memory, conventional war, iPod classic, traditional Chine... and 197 more...
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Only in the Olympics
These sports only matter when your country's medal count is at stake
synchronized swim..., rhythmic gymnastics, greco-roman wrest..., short-track speed..., archery, curling, fencing, women's ice hockey, field hockey, kickboxing, judo, figure skating and 4 more...
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