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bombillas

bombillas is the plural of bombilla.

Meaning of bombilla

Noun

bombilla (plural bombillas)

  1. A straw, often made of metal, ending in a filter and used for drinking maté.
    • The maté is then filled with yerva, after the bombilla has been placed in position. The bombilla is literally “a little pump,” that is, a sucking tube, ending in a perforated bulb, which performs the office of the perforated diaphragm in our teapot spouts.1856 July–October, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, volume IV, A. and C. Black, page 194

Questions about bombillas

What is bombillas the plural of?
Bombillas is the plural of bombilla.

Words near bombillas in the dictionary

  1. bombilates
  2. bombilating
  3. bombilation
  4. bombilations
  5. bombilla
  6. bombillas
  7. bombils
  8. bombinate
  9. bombinated
  10. bombinates
  11. bombinating

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