obstacle race

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   a race in which competitors must negotiate obstacles

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Questions about obstacle race

What does obstacle race mean?

obstacle race means "a race in which competitors must negotiate obstacles".

Is obstacle race a common word?

obstacle race 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.