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| backboard |
the board to which a basketball hoop is attached. |
| basket |
the open metal hoop and net through which the ball is shot to score points in basketball, or such an act of scoring. [1/3 definitions] |
| basketball |
a game played on a court by two teams of five players each. Points are scored by shooting the ball through a high metal hoop and net at the opponent's end of the court. [1/2 definitions] |
| crinoline |
a hoop skirt. [1/3 definitions] |
| dunk |
to push forcefully through a basketball hoop from above. [1/2 definitions] |
| dunk shot |
in basketball, a shot made by jumping up and thrusting the ball through the hoop from above. |
| farthingale |
a hoop worn by women in the sixteenth century to widen the skirt from the waist. |
| hoop |
to hold together, fasten, or support with or as if with a hoop. [2/7 definitions] |
| rim |
a metal ring or hoop from which a basketball net is hung. [1/3 definitions] |
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