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fore·court (fôr′kôrt′)

noun

  1. a court at the front of a building
  2. ☆ Basketball the half of the court which contains the basket toward which the ball is shot in attempting to score
  3. Tennis, Badminton, etc. the part of the court nearest the net

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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