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backcourt

noun

Meaning

  1. A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.
  2. A team's defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team's basket is located, or the guards playing in that area.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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