Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A game of Italian origin similar to lawn bowling that is played with wooden balls on a long narrow court covered with fine gravel.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court
Etymologies
- Italian bocce (Wiktionary)
- Italian bocce, pl. of boccia, ball. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“It's not so different from the Italian bowling game called bocce, but this game uses metal balls.”
“And I love the idea of bocce and chess in the park.”
“We did venture into one that has indoor bocce, which is a great idea and actually more space-efficient than pool tables, but it was an overwhelming hellscape, so we went somewhere quieter.”
“Here the bocce is our favourite game and we can lose days to play that game.”
“Ride the gondola for great free activities at Adventure Ridge such as bocce ball, slackline park, horseshoes, and disc golf.”
“Indeed, the word "bocce" is the plural of the Italian word "boccia," which means”
“Signora Luciano narrowed her eyes, like a bocce player studying the arrangement of the balls, planning the next throw.”
“Peter Canepa The property also has a bocce ball court and three acres of Pinot Noir grapes.”
The Wall Street Journal: A Taste of Bali for Sale in Sebastopol
“The property also has a bocce ball court and three acres of Pinot Noir grapes.”
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“Washington, D.C.: I remember a while ago someone mentioned that there was a bocce ball league in D.C. I was reminded of it while in Baltimore's Little Italy a few weeks ago (awesome area by the way), and I was wondering how one goes about joining it next year.”
The Washington Post: Going Out Guide: Hotel bars, chocolate martinis, bocce ball and pumpkin beers
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bocce’.
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Ball Games and Sports
A list of games and sports played with a ball, including names of the courts, fields and pitches in which they are played.
I'll start the list with Basque pelota, which is played in Id...Basque pelota, bocce, pitch, crease, cricket, bowls, field, gridiron, court, basketball, netball, soccer and 106 more...
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imogen's Words
coagitate, cloche, harum-scarum, foxglove, cryptolect, cant, roux, angora, duff, ulysse, schadenfreude, pepperpot and 315 more...
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I've no idea where I got this page full of words, but whatever it is, I want to find it again. May have duplicate words from other lists.
bicameral, aphelion, dirigible, parhelion, flocculus, vernier, corticate, oxalis, pandanus, calabash, plumbago, jonquil and 217 more...
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new acquisitions
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samara, indehiscent, paschal, rogation, wen, rete, diriment, epicene, duramen, euhemerism, objurgate, canaille and 429 more...
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