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Word: Badminton
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: apparently named after Badminton House in SW England, country seat of the Duke of Beaufort
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbadmɪnt(ə)n
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a game with rackets in which a shuttlecock is hit back and forth across a net
Short Definition:game in which shuttlecock is hit back and forth across net
Examples:- he took up badminton at school
- I played badminton three to four times a week during my university years
- a badminton player
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