badminton
IPA: bˈædmɪntʌn
Root Word: Badminton
noun
- A village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST8082).
- (uncountable) A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.
- (countable) A cooling summer drink made with claret, sugar, and soda water.
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Examples of "badminton" in Sentences
- I love playing badminton.
- The blue lines are those for the badminton court.
- The indoor stadium hosts the badminton players and TT stars.
- He joined the Singapore Badminton Association at the age of 19.
- The Bauer Shuttlecock popularized badminton in the United States.
- It was established in 1978 by the members of the Badminton Europe.
- Below is the list of the winners at the Malaysia Open in badminton.
- The stadium will host the sports Badminton and Squash for the Games.
- This is the alphabetical list of members of the Badminton Hall of Fame.
- It is currently one of the tournaments on the European Badminton Circuit.