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Word: goal line (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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Noun:

  • American football part of a vertical plane separating an end zone from the field of play when the ball is touched or is in player possession. The plane extends beyond the sidelines. A team?s goal line is that which it is defending.
  • ice hockey the red line that runs across the rink and the front of the goal.
  • soccer the boundary of the field that runs along its width at each end, and across the front of the goal.

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