tennis
noun [U] /ˈten.ɪs/Definition
A1 a game played between two or four people on a special playing area that involves hitting a small ball across a central net using a racketTennis and racket sports
(Definition of tennis 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 point noun
- double fault noun
- double noun (TWO PLAYERS)
- fault verb (SPORTS)
- groundstroke noun
- half-volley noun
- lob noun
- lob verb
- match point noun
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- seeded adjective (SPORT)
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