period of play

1. 1.

   (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds

   “rain stopped play in the 4th inning”

   Synonymsplaying periodplay

   Broadermeasure

   Narrowerholeset

   Part ofathletic game

   Partschukkerinningturnfirst periodsecond periodfinal period

   game

Questions about period of play

What does period of play mean?

period of play means "(in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds".

What is another word for period of play?

Close synonyms include playing period, play. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is period of play a common word?

period of play 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.