mid-on

1. 1.

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

   Broaderposition

Questions about mid-on

What does mid-on mean?

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

How many syllables are in mid-on?

mid-on has 2 syllables and divides as mi-d-on 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-on a common word?

mid-on 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.