bocca

See also: Bocca

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bocca (“mouth”). Doublet of bouche.

Noun

bocca (plural boccas)

  1. The round hole in the furnace of a glassworks through which the fused glass is taken out.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Craig to this entry?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bocca in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Interlingue

Noun

bocca

  1. mouth

Derived terms
  • boccade

Italian

Etymology

From Latin bucca.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbokka]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

bocca f (plural bocche)

  1. mouth (all senses)

Derived terms
  • bocca d'acqua - hydrant
  • bocca di leone - snapdragon
  • bocca eruttiva
  • a bocca aperta - open-mouthed
  • in bocca al lupo - good luck!

Anagrams
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.