FIELD GOAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does field goal mean? 

• FIELD GOAL (noun)
  The noun FIELD GOAL has 2 senses:

1. a score in American football; a score made by kicking the ball between the opponents' goal posts

2. a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop

  Familiarity information: FIELD GOAL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIELD GOAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A score in American football; a score made by kicking the ball between the opponents' goal posts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("field goal" is a kind of...):

score (the act of scoring in a game or sport)

Domain category:

American football; American football game (a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

basket; field goal

Hypernyms ("field goal" is a kind of...):

score (the act of scoring in a game or sport)