bota — meaning in English
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English meaning
- barrel noun A large, round wooden or metal container, usually bulging in the middle, used to store liquids or other goods.
- boot noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
- butt noun A person's buttocks.
- cask verb To store or age something, typically a drink, in a barrel.
- keg noun A small barrel-shaped container, usually round and made of wood or metal, used to hold liquids such as beer.
Senses
bota is used for these senses in English:
- barrel (countable) A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). The word is sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
- butt A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.
- cask A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. (See a diagram of cask sizes.)
- keg A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.
barrel — full definition
- noun A large, round wooden or metal container, usually bulging in the middle, used to store liquids or other goods.
- noun A unit of volume, especially for measuring oil.
- noun The long metal tube of a gun through which a bullet travels.
- verb To move very fast, often in an uncontrolled way.
boot — full definition
- noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
- noun The luggage storage compartment of a car (British English); called a "trunk" in American English.
- noun A device clamped to a car's wheel to immobilize it, usually for unpaid fines (also called a wheel clamp).
- verb To kick something or someone.
- verb To dismiss or eject someone.