bocca

See also: Bocca and bócca

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɒkə/, /ˈbəʊkə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒkə, -əʊkə

Noun

bocca (plural boccas)

1. The round hole in the furnace of a glassworks through which the fused glass is taken out.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia Volum 16:

     The second partition divides this from the leer or annealing furnace; through the boccas, or working holes,

References

• “bocca”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• 'bacco, Caboc

Italian

Etymology

From Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbok.ka/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -okka
• Hyphenation: bóc‧ca

Noun

bocca f (plural bocche)

1. mouth (all senses)

Derived terms

• a bocca aperta (“open-mouthed”)
• bocca d'acqua (“hydrant”)
• bocca di leone (“snapdragon”)
• bocca eruttiva
• boccaccino
• boccaccio
• in bocca al lupo (“good luck!”)

 

Related terms

• abbocconare
• boccaccia
• boccaglio
• boccale
• boccascena
• boccata
• bocchetta
• bocchino
• boccone

 

Anagrams

• Bacco, bacco