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hoop

/hup/

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noun
horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball
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Similar:

basket basketball hoop

type of:
goal basketball equipment
noun
a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
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"there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse"

Similar:

ring

type of:
band

part of:
barrel cask wagon wheel
noun
a small arch used as croquet equipment
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wicket

type of:
croquet equipment
noun
a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt
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type of:
underframe frame skeletal frame skeleton

part of:
crinoline hoopskirt
verb
bind or fasten with a hoop
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"hoop vats"

type of:
encircle gird

Examples of hoop

"there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse"
"hoop vats"