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boccale

boccale noun: a unit of volume formerly used in Italy, varying by region.

Noun

boccale (plural boccales or boccali)

  1. (historical) A unit of volume formerly used in Italy, varying by region.
    • Proceeding to the small commercial liquid-measures devised to meet convenience in the retail sale of liquids, ale, beer, wine, oil, and honey, there is a marked accordance among the whole of the quarts, pots, mass, and crushka of Northern Europe, and the boccale and bozze of Southern Europe; […]2025 July 10, Lowis D'Aguilar Jackson, Modern Metrology. A Manual of the Metrical Units and Systems of the Present Century with an Apendix Containing a Proposed English System, BoD – Books on Demand...

Forms of boccale

pluralboccales
pluralboccali

Origin of boccale

Borrowed from Italian boccale. Doublet of bocal and pokal.

Questions about boccale

What does boccale mean?
Boccale means a unit of volume formerly used in Italy, varying by region.
What part of speech is boccale?
Boccale is a noun.
What is the plural of boccale?
The plural of boccale is boccales.

Words near boccale in the dictionary

  1. Bocboc
  2. bocca
  3. Bocca Tigris
  4. Boccaccian
  5. Boccaccio
  6. boccale
  7. boccales
  8. boccali
  9. boccalini
  10. boccalino
  11. boccas

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