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picota

picota noun: a machine for raising water consisting of a long lever or yard, pivotted on an upright post, weighted on the short arm and bearing a line and bucket on the long arm.

Noun

picota (plural picotas)

  1. A machine for raising water consisting of a long lever or yard, pivotted on an upright post, weighted on the short arm and bearing a line and bucket on the long arm.
    Synonyms:
    shadoof

picota meaning in Tamil

picota in Tamil

picota, well sweep
ஏற்றம் ēṟṟam

Synonyms of picota

Forms of picota

pluralpicotas
alternative formpiccotah
alternative formpicotta
alternative formpicottah

Origin of picota

From Portuguese picota.

Questions about picota

What does picota mean?
Picota means a machine for raising water consisting of a long lever or yard, pivotted on an upright post, weighted on the short arm and bearing a line and bucket on the long arm.
What is picota in Tamil?
Picota in Tamil is ஏற்றம் (ēṟṟam). See Picota meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is picota?
Picota is a noun.
What is the plural of picota?
The plural of picota is picotas.

Words near picota in the dictionary

  1. picosignal
  2. picosignals
  3. picospritzer
  4. picospritzers
  5. picot
  6. picota
  7. picotah
  8. picotahs
  9. picotamide
  10. picotas
  11. picote

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: picota (page history and authors); ஏற்றம் (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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