(US, sports) The advantage a team enjoys from being on its usual playing field (i.e., its home ground).
(US, sports) The advantage a team enjoys from being on its usual playing field (i.e., its home ground).
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(by extension) The advantage anyone enjoys from familiar surroundings or circumstances.
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(UK, dated) A field adjacent to its owner's home.
(UK, sport) Of a series of two matches: having one game played at each competitor's home ground.
(North America, sport) (Britain, obsolete) Of a series of two games: having one game played at each competitor's home ground.
A dated British term for a field immediately adjacent to the owner's dwelling, often used as kitchen garden or close pastureland. The word has a quiet, pastoral register placing it firmly in an older rural England context. Seldom used in contemporary speech; most likely to appear in historical, agricultural, or literary discussions.
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