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MINOR-LEAGUE TEAM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does minor-league team mean?
• MINOR-LEAGUE TEAM (noun)
The noun MINOR-LEAGUE TEAM has 1 sense:
1. a team that plays in a minor league
Familiarity information: MINOR-LEAGUE TEAM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A team that plays in a minor league
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
minor-league club; minor-league team
Hypernyms ("minor-league team" is a kind of...):
squad; team (a cooperative unit (especially in sports))
Meronyms (members of "minor-league team"):
bush leaguer; minor leaguer (a player on a minor-league baseball team)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "minor-league team"):
farm club; farm team (a minor-league team that is owned by a major-league team (especially in baseball))
Holonyms ("minor-league team" is a member of...):
bush league; minor league; minors (a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball))
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