TORCH RACE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(ancient Greece) in which a torch is passed from one runner to the next

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("torch race" is a kind of...):

relay; relay race (a race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance)

Domain category:

antiquity (the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe)

Domain region:

Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)

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