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bothros

bothros noun: an artificial hole or depression in the ground, used for washing and libations, etc. in ancient times.

Noun

bothros (plural bothroi)

  1. An artificial hole or depression in the ground, used for washing and libations, etc. in ancient times.

Forms of bothros

pluralbothroi

Origin of bothros

From Ancient Greek βόθρος (bóthros, “trench, pit”).

Questions about bothros

What does bothros mean?
Bothros means an artificial hole or depression in the ground, used for washing and libations, etc. in ancient times.
What part of speech is bothros?
Bothros is a noun.
What is the plural of bothros?
The plural of bothros is bothroi.

Words near bothros in the dictionary

  1. bothrombin
  2. bothropasin
  3. bothropic
  4. bothropoid
  5. bothropoids
  6. bothros
  7. bothrosome
  8. bothrosomes
  9. bothsideism
  10. bothsider
  11. bothsiderism

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