free throw line

F f

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [free throh lahyn]
- /fri θroʊ laɪn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [free throh lahyn]
- /fri θroʊ laɪn/

Definition of free throw line words

noun free throw line foul line (def 2). 1

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Origin of free throw line

First appearance:

before 1890

One of the 20% newest English words

First recorded in 1890-95

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Parts of speech for Free throw line

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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free throw line popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for free throw line

noun free throw line

free throw lane — the rectangular area, 19 feet (5.7 meters) long and usually 12 or 16 feet (3.6 m or 4.8 meters) wide, extending from the end line behind each backboard to the foul line and along the sides of which players line up during a foul shot.
keyhole — a hole for inserting a key in a lock, especially one in the shape of a circle with a rectangle having a width smaller than the diameter of the circle projecting from the bottom.
foul line — Baseball. either of the two lines connecting home plate with first and third base respectively, or their continuations to the end of the outfield.

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