Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defending team

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables: de-fend-ing team
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring

Example Sentences

"his teams are always good on defense"

Synonyms

defense defence

Questions

What does defending team mean?: (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring

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