bocca
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian bocca (“mouth”). Doublet of bouche.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bocca (plural boccas)
- 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 edit
- “bocca”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bocca f (plural bocche)
- mouth (all senses)
Derived terms edit
- a bocca aperta (“open-mouthed”)
- bocca d'acqua (“hydrant”)
- bocca di leone (“snapdragon”)
- bocca eruttiva
- boccaccino
- boccaccio
- in bocca al lupo (“good luck!”)