lawn tennis

lawn tennis

n. See tennis.

lawn tennis

n 1. (Tennis) tennis played on a grass court 2. (Tennis) the formal name for tennis

lawn′ ten`nis

n. tennis played on a grass court. [1870–75]

Thesaurus

Noun

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lawn tennis - a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the courttennisdouble fault - (tennis) two successive faults in serving resulting in the loss of the pointfootfault - a fault that occurs when the server in tennis fails to keep both feet behind the baselinecourt game - an athletic game played on a courtbreak of serve, break - (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; "he was up two breaks in the second set"professional tennis - playing tennis for moneysingles - tennis played with one person on each sidedoubles - tennis played with two players on each sidecourt tennis, real tennis, royal tennis - an ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled courtundercut, cut - (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball; "cuts do not bother a good tennis player"return - a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return"drive - (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)forehand, forehand shot, forehand stroke - (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)forehand drive - (sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as in tennis or badminton or squash)serve, service - (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play; "his powerful serves won the game"fault - (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area); "he served too many double faults"rally, exchange - (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes; "after a short rally Connors won the point"service break - a tennis game won on the opponent's serviceadvantage - (tennis) first point scored after deuceset point - (tennis) the final point needed to win a set in tennismatch point - (tennis) the final point needed to win a match (especially in tennis)game - (tennis) a division of play during which one player servesace - serve an ace against (someone)drop one's serve - lose a game in which one is serving

Translations

tennis sull'erba