BASKETBALL TEAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does basketball team mean? 

• BASKETBALL TEAM (noun)
  The noun BASKETBALL TEAM has 1 sense:

1. a team that plays basketball

  Familiarity information: BASKETBALL TEAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASKETBALL TEAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A team that plays basketball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

basketball team; five

Hypernyms ("basketball team" is a kind of...):

squad; team (a cooperative unit (especially in sports))

Meronyms (members of "basketball team"):

forward (a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team)

center (a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game)

guard (a position on a basketball team)

Holonyms ("basketball team" is a member of...):

basketball league (a league of basketball teams)