the crease

noun

: an area around or in front of a goal in some games (such as hockey)

Players from the opposing team may not enter the crease.

Examples of the crease in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The play on which Hagens was hurt came early in the third period when Hagens drove to the net, cut across the top of the crease and Girard jammed him with the stick. — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2026

Panarin hit Alex Laferriere at the goal line, enabling him to push a pass across the crease for Kempe, whose shot clipped Askarov’s stick on the way into the net. — Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 5 Nov. 2026

Some units also show lines of dead pixels following the crease from the top to the area where the bright lines begin. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2026

That screen uses a matte nano-texture finish meant to cut glare and hide the crease. — Lena Borrelli, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for the crease

• apiece
• aris
• assise
• caprice
• cerise
• decease
• decrease
• eyepiece
• facepiece
• handpiece
• headpiece
• increase