badminton
noun/ˈbædmɪntən/
/ˈbædmɪntən/
[uncountable]- a game like tennis played by two or four people, usually indoors. Players hit a small light kind of ball, originally with feathers around it (= a shuttlecock) across a high net using a racket.Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc1Oxford Collocations DictionaryBadminton is used before these nouns:
- club
- racket
Word Originnamed after Badminton in SW England, country seat of the Duke of Beaufort.Want to learn more?
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