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bocha — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bocce noun A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court, or informally, as a lawn game.
  • bowl noun A round, open container used to hold or serve food such as soup, salad, or cereal.
  • bowls noun A precision outdoor sport in which players roll weighted balls to land as close as possible to a smaller target ball.

Senses

bocha is used for these senses in English:

  • bocce (sports, uncountable) A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court, or informally, as a lawn game.
  • bowl (bowls) The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
  • bowls A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do.
  • bowls A ball used in the game of bowls

bocce — full definition

  1. noun A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court, or informally, as a lawn game.
  2. noun One of the eight balls that the player throws in a game of bocce.

bowl — full definition

  1. noun A round, open container used to hold or serve food such as soup, salad, or cereal.
  2. noun A major American football championship game or one of several season-ending postseason games.
  3. verb In cricket, to throw or deliver the ball toward the batsman according to the rules of the game.

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