badminton

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Synonyms: bainton, badmitten

Antonyms: bainton, badmitten

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable}} A [[racquet]] sport played indoors on a [[court]] by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a [[shuttlecock]] is [[volley]]ed over a net and the competitions are presided by an [[umpire]] in British English and a [[referee]] in American English.
2. {{lb|en|countable}} A cooling [[summer]] [[drink]] made with [[claret]], [[sugar]]{{,}} and [[soda water]].

Proper noun

1. {{place|en|small village/and/cpar|in|uauth/South Gloucestershire|co/Gloucestershire|cc/England}} {{q|[[OS]] grid ref ST8082}}. <ref>[https://maps.walkingclub.org.uk/admin/south-gloucestershire/badminton-parish.html Parish map (Gloucestershire)]</ref>
2. {{place|en|wcomm|in the|area:suf/Glyncoed|cobor/Blaenau Gwent|cc/Wales}}. <ref>[https://maps.walkingclub.org.uk/admin/blaenau-gwent/badminton-parish.html Community map (Blaenau Gwent)]</ref>

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