break point
noun [C]Definition
› In tennis if you win a break point, you have broken (= won a game against) the opposing player's serve .Tennis and racket sports
(Definition of break point noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -seeded suffix (SPORT)
- backhand noun
- break noun (SPORT)
- break verb (SPORT)
- double fault noun
- double noun (TWO PLAYERS)
- fault verb (SPORTS)
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