home team

See also: hometeam

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

home team (plural home teams)

1. (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.