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fronton noun[ C ] uk /ˈfrʌn.tən/ us /ˈfrʌn.tən/ the area including one or more high walls where the sports of jai alai and pelota are played: The Bilbao fronton is sited near the city's famous Guggenheim museum. Today about half a dozen frontons operate in Florida. Since the city's fronton closed, amateur jai alai players have found few places to compete. He learned to make pelotas as a kid hanging around a fronton in Acapulco. Greyhound tracks and jai-alai frontons have been particularly hurt in recent years by the growth in other forms of gambling. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Tennis & racket sports ace alley approach shot backcourt ball boy ball girl chip foot fault forecourt forehand mixed doubles outhit paddleball padel passing shot pelota pickleball shuttlecock string table tennis
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