home team

See also: hometeam

English

Pronunciation

Audio (General Australian): (file)

Noun

home team (plural home teams)

(idiomatic, sports) The team that is playing in the usual area that they play in, as opposed to the visitor team.

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “sports”): away team, visitor team, road team

Translations

team playing in its home territory or field

Dutch: thuisploeg (nl) c
Finnish: kotijoukkue (fi)
French: équipe locale f
German: Heimmannschaft f
Greek: γηπεδούχος (el) (gipedoúchos)
Portuguese: equipa da casa f
Russian: кома́нда хозяев (kománda xozjajev)
Swedish: hemmalag (sv) n

Further reading

“home team”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.