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Field hockey

Meaning in sports & fitness, with examples

nounCommon term

In sports & fitness, field hockey means: A team sport played on a field in which players use curved sticks to move a ball into the opposing goal.

In Turkish: çim hokeyi

How it is used

The name distinguishes field hockey from the game played with a puck on ice.

Example sentences

  1. The field hockey team trained on the artificial surface.

    The sport's name does not require natural grass.

  2. She controlled the field hockey ball with the flat side of her stick.

    The sentence focuses on contact between stick and ball.

Common collocations

  • field hockey stick
  • field hockey team
  • team sportA sport in which players play together as a team against another team, such as football, basketball, volleyball or handball.
  • drillA short practice exercise, repeated many times, that trains one particular skill or movement, such as passing, footwork or a set play.

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