Word
defending team, n.
(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
<noun.group>
freq. cnt.: 2
freq. cnt.: 2
defence
defending team
defense
sample sentences
"his teams are always good on defense"
lexical pointers
antonym
offense
lexical pointers
antonym
offence
derivationally related form
defend
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
sport, athletics
hypernym
team, squad