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dohyo

dohyo noun: the ring, made of compacted clay, in which a sumo wrestling match is held.

dohyo: the ring, made of compacted clay, in which a sumo wrestling match is held
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Noun

dohyo (plural dohyo or dohyos)

  1. The ring, made of compacted clay, in which a sumo wrestling match is held.
    • Sumo ’bots also tend to have very low ground clearance since they operate on dohyos, which have a very smooth rubberized running surface; […]2000 June, Robert Nansel, “Amateur Robotics Notebook: Robot City, USA”, in Nuts & Volts, volume 21, number 6, Corona, Calif.: T & L Publications, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 53, column 1
    Synonyms:
    dojo

Synonyms of dohyo

Forms of dohyo

pluraldohyo
pluraldohyos
alternative formdohyō

Origin of dohyo

Borrowed from Japanese 土(ど)俵(ひょう) (dohyō).

Questions about dohyo

What does dohyo mean?
Dohyo means the ring, made of compacted clay, in which a sumo wrestling match is held.
What part of speech is dohyo?
Dohyo is a noun.
What is the plural of dohyo?
The plural of dohyo is dohyo.

Words near dohyo in the dictionary

  1. Dohrman
  2. Dohrmann
  3. Dohrmanns
  4. Dohrmans
  5. dohs
  6. dohyo
  7. dohyo matsuri
  8. dohyo-iri
  9. dohyos
  10. dohyō
  11. DOI

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