end zone

See also: endzone

English

Noun

end zone (plural end zones)

  1. (American football) The area between the end line and goal line bounded by the sidelines, bordered on all sides by a white line indicating its beginning and end points; it is 10 yards long.
    • 2024 February 12, Ben Morse and Steve Almasy, “Kansas City Chiefs defeat San Francisco 49ers in OT in Super Bowl LVIII, become first back-to-back NFL champions in 19 years”, in CNN.com‎[1]:
      Veteran tight end Travis Kelce, who only had one catch for one yard in the first half, finished with nine receptions and 93 yards but didn’t find the end zone.
  2. (Canadian football) Same as above, but is 20 yards long.
  3. (field hockey) the portion of the rink behind the goal line.

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English end zone.

Noun

end zone f (plural end zones)

  1. (ultimate frisbee) end zone
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