Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penalty area

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English

Syllables: penal-ty area
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An area of a pitch or field, inside which a penalty is given to the offensive team if a foul is made by the defensive team.

Example Sentences

"Racing out of his penalty area after a poor clearance, Haimov was beaten to the ball by Jerome, who rolled it to the waiting Shotton to fire a low shot past the goalkeeper."

Inflected Forms

penalty areas (plural)

Synonyms

18-yard box box penalty box

Questions

What does penalty area mean?: An area of a pitch or field, inside which a penalty is given to the offensive team if a foul is made by the defensive team.

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