RELAY RACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does relay race mean? 

• RELAY RACE (noun)
  The noun RELAY RACE has 1 sense:

1. a race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance

  Familiarity information: RELAY RACE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RELAY RACE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

relay; relay race

Hypernyms ("relay race" is a kind of...):

race (a contest of speed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "relay race"):

torch race ((ancient Greece) in which a torch is passed from one runner to the next)