roça — meaning in English
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English meaning
- countryside noun Rural land and scenery away from towns and cities.
- distaff noun A tool that holds a bundle of fibres such as wool or flax so they can be pulled off little by little and spun into thread.
Senses
roça is used for these senses in English:
- countryside An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area.
- parasol mushroom Macrolepiota procera (syn. Lepiota procera, a basidiomycete fungus with a large, prominent fruiting body resembling a parasol.
- sea stack (chiefly, Britain, geology) A pillar of rock that rises from the ocean, formed by surrounding softer ground eroding away.
distaff — full definition
- noun A tool that holds a bundle of fibres such as wool or flax so they can be pulled off little by little and spun into thread.
- noun The part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun.
- noun (dated) Something traditionally seen as belonging to women, or done only by them.
- noun A horse race that only female horses can enter.
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