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basho

basho noun: a sumo tournament of any kind.

Noun

basho (plural basho or bashos)

  1. A sumo tournament of any kind.
    • Two basho later, I was at sekiwake, the third-highest rank in sumo.1998, Matsumoto Toshimichi, editor, Japan Quarterly, volume 45, Asahi Shimbun Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25

Forms of basho

pluralbasho
pluralbashos

Origin of basho

From Japanese 場所(ばしょ) (basho), short form of 本場所(ほんばしょ) (honbasho, “honbasho”).

Questions about basho

What does basho mean?
Basho means a sumo tournament of any kind.
What part of speech is basho?
Basho is a noun.
What is the plural of basho?
The plural of basho is basho.

Words near basho in the dictionary

  1. bashlyks
  2. bashment
  3. bashments
  4. Bashmur
  5. Bashmuric
  6. basho
  7. Bashor
  8. Bashore
  9. Bashores
  10. Bashors
  11. bashos

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