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LINEMEN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The football players who line up on the line of scrimmage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("linemen" is a kind of...):
line (a formation of people or things one beside another)
Meronyms (members of "linemen"):
lineman ((American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage)
Holonyms ("linemen" is a member of...):
eleven; football team (a team that plays football)