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kula — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ball noun A round or roughly spherical object, especially one used in sports and games.
  • bullet noun A small metal projectile fired from a gun.
  • cannonball noun A round metal projectile fired from a cannon.
  • lair noun The den or hidden resting place of a wild animal.
  • marble noun A hard, crystalline rock, often streaked with color, prized for sculpture and building.
  • rocks noun (slang) Money.
  • roundel noun Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
  • sphere noun A perfectly round, three-dimensional shape, like a ball.

Senses

kula is used for these senses in English:

  • ball A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
  • ball (ballistics, firearms) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, rifle, gun, etc.
  • ball (printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
  • cannonball A spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon.
  • marble (countable, games) A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic. [from 17th c.]
  • rocks (slang) Money.
  • roundel (heraldiccharge) A circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle.
  • sphere (logic, dated) The domain of reference of a proposition, subject, or predicate, or the totality of the particular subjects to which it applies.

ball — full definition

  1. noun A round or roughly spherical object, especially one used in sports and games.
  2. noun A large, formal social gathering for dancing.
  3. verb To form or roll something into a round shape.

bullet — full definition

  1. noun A small metal projectile fired from a gun.
  2. noun A small dot or symbol used to mark items in a list.
  3. verb To fire someone from a job abruptly (informal).

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