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buca — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • burrow verb To dig a tunnel or hole, typically as a home or hiding place.
  • hole noun A hollow space or opening in something solid, or a gap that goes all the way through.
  • pit noun A hole or hollow in the ground.
  • pocket noun A small fabric pouch sewn into clothing for carrying small items.
  • pothole noun A hole or dip worn into a road surface, usually from weather or heavy traffic.
  • trench noun A long, narrow ditch dug into the ground, whether by machines, tools, or natural erosion.

Senses

buca is used for these senses in English:

  • Bucha A river in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.
  • burrow A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
  • hole (North America, historical) A mountain valley.
  • pit Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.
  • pocket (sports, billiards, pool, snooker) An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.
  • pothole A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic.
  • pothole A pit formed in the bed of a turbulent stream.
  • prompter's box The raised box in the apron of a stage, opening towards the actors. The prompter sits inside with the prompter's book, ready to give cues for missed or forgotten lines.

burrow — full definition

  1. verb To dig a tunnel or hole, typically as a home or hiding place.
  2. verb To push or nestle into something for warmth, comfort, or safety.
  3. noun A tunnel or hole dug by an animal as a home.

hole — full definition

  1. noun A hollow space or opening in something solid, or a gap that goes all the way through.
  2. noun A flaw, weakness, or gap in an argument, plan, or system.
  3. noun In golf, one of the numbered targets a player aims the ball into, or a full round segment of the course leading to it.

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