Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

downcourt

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables
down-court
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Toward one's team's offensive basket

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English down- Latin cōrs Old French cortbor. Middle English court English court English downcourt From down- + court.

Inflected Forms

further downcourt (comparative) farther downcourt (comparative) furthest downcourt (superlative) farthest downcourt (superlative)

Antonyms

upcourt

Questions

What does downcourt mean?
Toward one's team's offensive basket
Where does downcourt come from?
Etymology tree English down- Latin cōrs Old French cortbor. Middle English court English court English downcourt From down- + court.

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