| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| badminton |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bad·min·ton |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b d m n t n, -mtn |
| NOUN: | A sport played by volleying a shuttlecock back and forth over a high narrow net by means of a light, long-handled racket. | | ETYMOLOGY: | After Badminton, the Duke of Beaufort's country seat in western England.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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