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# badminton

«badminton» in Mova's school dictionary: **A game in which players use light rackets to hit a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (badminton — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

A game in which players use light rackets to hit a shuttlecock over a high net. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/badminton/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and sport, badminton is played as singles (1 against 1) or doubles (2 against 2). In maths problems, scoring and court sizes appear. Phrases: play badminton, a game of badminton, badminton racket, badminton court.

### examples

- We played badminton in PE today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/badminton/#x1)
- You hit a shuttlecock, not a ball, in badminton. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/badminton/#x2)
- My dad and I play doubles badminton on Saturdays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/badminton/#x3)
- A badminton game is to 21 points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/badminton/#x4)
- The badminton net is higher than a tennis net. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/badminton/#x5)
- She keeps her badminton racket in her locker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/badminton/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: play badminton (no «a»). The shuttlecock is also called a shuttle or (US) a birdie. Do not confuse with tennis or squash.

### In the corpora

- [Keep a safe distance from anyone swinging a racket in tennis or badminton, because rackets can hit faces.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «badminton» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/badminton/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.