Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Scotland)A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.

  2. A team's defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team's basket is located, or the guards playing in that area.

  3. The area farthest from the opponent's goal around the nine-metre line, where a team's defensive centre players are located.

Origin

From back + court.

From back + court.

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Forms

plural: backcourts
Singularbackcourt
Pluralbackcourts

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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