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PERIOD OF PLAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
Example:
rain stopped play in the 4th inning
Synonyms:
period of play; play; playing period
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("period of play" is a kind of...):
amount; measure; quantity (how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify)
Meronyms (parts of "period of play"):
chukka; chukker ((polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided)
frame; inning ((baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat)
bout; round; turn ((sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive)
first period (the first division into which the play of a game is divided)
second period (the second division into which the play of a game is divided)
final period (the final division into which the play of a game is divided)
half (one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval)
period ((ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games)
quarter ((football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided)
over ((cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch)
Domain category:
game (a contest with rules to determine a winner)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "period of play"):
golf hole; hole (one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course)
set (a unit of play in tennis or squash)
Holonyms ("period of play" is a part of...):
athletic game (a game involving athletic activity)
