boules
- noun
- /buˈleɪ/
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bolas
- The shiny boules rolled across the gravel toward the small wooden target.
Examples
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He practiced throwing his boules to improve his accuracy in the game.
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Each player selected their boules before the start of the pétanque match.
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They played boules in the park every Sunday.
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I bought a set of boules for our picnic.
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The shiny boules rolled across the gravel toward the small wooden target.
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Each player selected their boules before the start of the pétanque match.
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He practiced throwing his boules to improve his accuracy in the game.
Synonyms
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1.0
A round object used in games like football or tennis
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5.3
A heavy ball in the Italian game of bocce that players roll to get close to the small target ball
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8.1
A heavy round ball used in the game pétanque
A wooden ball for the game bocce that players roll toward a small target ball
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Boules comes from the French word boule meaning 'ball' and an older word that meant 'bubble' or 'round', so it is like the English words 'ball' and 'bubble'. That is why boules simply names the heavy metal balls used in games like pétanque.