See backfield on Wiktionary
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E8", "text": "Maryland's football team practiced for the third straight day yesterday without its starting backfield." } ], "glosses": [ "The players occupying this area." ], "id": "en-backfield-en-noun-fPlb9LBu", "links": [ [ "player", "player" ], [ "occupy", "occupy" ], [ "this", "this" ], [ "area", "area" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈbækˌfild/", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "ipa": "/ˈbakfiːld/", "tags": [ "Received-Pronunciation" ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "22 39 33 7", "sense": "area of a football field", "tags": [ "formal" ], "word": "pocket" } ], "word": "backfield" }
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