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tennis
noun
deck tennis
noun
lawn tennis
noun
real tennis
noun
tennis shoe
noun
court tennis
noun
royal tennis
noun
table tennis
noun
tennis elbow
noun
tennis racket
noun
grass court
noun
paddle
noun
court
noun
server
noun
clay court
noun
knock-up
noun
ballboy
noun
ballgirl
noun
double
noun
hard court
noun
Definition of
tennis noun
from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
tennis
noun
ˈtenɪs
ˈtenɪs
(
also
formal
lawn tennis
)
[
uncountable
]
a game in which two or four players use
rackets
to hit a ball backwards and forwards across a net on a specially marked
court
to
play tennis
a
tennis player/tournament/club/court