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DOUBLEHEADER

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does doubleheader mean? 

DOUBLEHEADER (noun)
  The noun DOUBLEHEADER has 1 sense:

1. two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day)play

  Familiarity information: DOUBLEHEADER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DOUBLEHEADER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

double feature; doubleheader; twin bill

Hypernyms ("doubleheader" is a kind of...):

game (a single play of a sport or other contest)

Meronyms (parts of "doubleheader"):

nightcap (the final game of a double header)


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