Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boundary umpire

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English

Syllables: bound-ary um-pire
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A match official who decides when the ball has over the boundary line (out of bounds), and whether it was on the full from a kick. (Under the rules as of 2007, a free kick results from on the full, or a throw-in otherwise.)

Inflected Forms

boundary umpires (plural)

Questions

What does boundary umpire mean?: A match official who decides when the ball has over the boundary line (out of bounds), and whether it was on the full from a kick. (Under the rules as of 2007, a free kick results from on the full, or a throw-in otherwise.)

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