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carambole

carambole is the archaic form of carambola.

Meaning of carambola

Noun

carambola (plural carambolas)

  1. A tree species native to southern Asia, Averrhoa carambola.
    • The carambola tree bears a sour fruit which makes a good tart, and there is a variety which bears a sweet fruit. The tree, though originally, it is said, from the Moluccas, flourishes well on this Coast, and is quite naturalized.1851, Francis Mason, Tenasserim: Or Notes on the Fauna, Flora, Minerals, and Nations of British Burmah and Pegu: with Systematic Catalogues of the Known Minerals, Plants, Mammals, Fishes, Mollusks...
  2. The fruit of this tree, commonly known as star fruit.
    • She leans out of sight before coming back with a bowl of something—looks like sliced fresh carambola with salt and chili.2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 124
  3. A yellow colour, like that of a carambola.

Verb

carambole (third-person singular simple present caramboles, present participle caramboling, simple past and past participle caramboled)

  1. (archaic) To play a carom shot.
    • If the player holes the red ball, he scores three, and upon holing his adversary's ball, he gains two; and thus it frequently happens, that seven are got upon a single stroke, by caramboling and holing both balls.1799, Sporting Magazine, volume 13, page 49

Forms of carambole

Noun
pluralcaramboles
Verb
third-person singular presentcaramboles
present participlecaramboling
past participlecaramboled
pastcaramboled

Words formed from carambole

Questions about carambole

What does carambole mean?
Carambole means to play a carom shot.
What is carambole the archaic form of?
Carambole is the archaic form of carambola.
What part of speech is carambole?
Carambole is a verb.
What is the past tense of carambole?
The past tense of carambole is caramboled.

Words near carambole in the dictionary

  1. Caralulup
  2. Caramanica
  3. caramba
  4. carambola
  5. carambolas
  6. carambole
  7. carambole billiards
  8. caramboled
  9. caramboles
  10. caramboling
  11. caramboxin

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