Hockey

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In British English, the word hockey by itself means a team game played on grass, with a hard ball and curved sticks, by sides of 11 players. (This game is usually called 'field hockey' in North America.) The game played by sides of five players on ice, with a puck and angled sticks, is ice hockey.

In North America, the word hockey by itself means the game on ice.