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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An area to the side of an ice-hockey rink or a playing field in which penalized players wait out the time of their penalties.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun ice hockey An enclosed bench where a player must remain for timed period (a
penalty ) that is assessed after an infraction. - noun soccer The
penalty area . - noun idiomatic, figuratively A temporary
punishment , or, metaphorically, a similar setback (e.g., loss of control, embarrassment, etc.).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (ice hockey) an enclosed bench to the side of an ice-hockey rink for players who are serving time penalties
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