free throw lane

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   a lane on a basketball court extending from the end line to 15 feet in front of the backboard; players may not enter this lane during a free throw

   Broaderlane

   Part ofbasketball court

Questions about free throw lane

What does free throw lane mean?

free throw lane means "a lane on a basketball court extending from the end line to 15 feet in front of the backboard; players may not enter this lane during a free throw".

Is free throw lane a common word?

free throw lane is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.