mid-off

1. 1.

   the fielding position in cricket closest to the bowler on the off side

   Broaderposition

Questions about mid-off

What does mid-off mean?

mid-off means "the fielding position in cricket closest to the bowler on the off side".

How many syllables are in mid-off?

mid-off has 2 syllables and divides as mi-d-off under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is mid-off a common word?

mid-off 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.