Term: preliminary: a minor match preceding the main event
Broader: athletic contest: a contest between athletes | Unrelated: microdot: photograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purposes of security)
Broader: athletic contest: a contest between athletes | Unrelated: touch typing: typewriting in which the fingers are trained to hit particular keys; typist can read and type at the same time
Broader: athletic contest: a contest between athletes | Unrelated: pallasite: a meteorite composed principally of olivine and metallic iron
Broader: athletic contest: a contest between athletes | Unrelated: religious festival: a festival having religious significance
Broader: athletic contest: a contest between athletes | Unrelated: salvage: the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire
Broader: athletic contest: a contest between athletes | Unrelated: busman: someone who drives a bus
Broader: athletic contest: a contest between athletes | Unrelated: passenger car: a railcar where passengers ride
Broader: athletic contest: a contest between athletes | Unrelated: transition: a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another
Broader: athletic contest: a contest between athletes | Unrelated: riot act: a former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them
Broader: athletic contest: a contest between athletes | Unrelated: apartment building: a building that is divided into apartments