Meaning & use
wicket
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a small gate or door, especially one set into a larger one, or, in cricket, the set of three stumps and two bails defended by the batsman.
See it in a sentence
The bowler took the final wicket just before the rain delayed play.
Visitors entered through a narrow wicket beside the main castle gate.
A note on using this word
In cricket, 'taking a wicket' means dismissing a batsman, one of the sport's most central concepts.
Another way to use it
2. noun
a small window or opening, such as one used for a ticket booth or bank teller
She bought her train ticket at the station's ticket wicket.
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