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# goalmouth

«goalmouth» in Mova's school dictionary: **The area right in front of the goal, between the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a goalmouth, goalmouths)

### meaning for a pupil

The area right in front of the goal, between the goalposts, in football (soccer), hockey and similar games. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goalmouth/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In PE lessons and match reports «goalmouth» describes where the action is close to the goal: a goalmouth scramble is a messy fight for the ball in front of the goal. Phrases: goalmouth scramble, in the goalmouth, goalmouth action.

### examples

- There was a goalmouth scramble and Ellie scored. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goalmouth/#x1)
- The goalkeeper cleared the ball out of the goalmouth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goalmouth/#x2)
- The muddy goalmouth made it hard to dive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goalmouth/#x3)
- The ball bounced around the goalmouth before going in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goalmouth/#x4)
- Commentators love exciting goalmouth action. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goalmouth/#x5)
- Defenders must guard the goalmouth at corners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goalmouth/#x6)

### note

One word: goal + mouth. Plural: goalmouths. It is not a mouth: it is an opening, like the «mouth» of a river or a cave.

### Trees and pragmatics

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