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reboation

reboation noun: a loud reverberation; the echo of a bellow or roar.

Noun

reboation (plural reboations)

  1. A loud reverberation; the echo of a bellow or roar.
    • […]were deafened in the awe-inspiring roar of the torrent, the reboations of which we heard at some distance after we had left the spot whence they proceeded.1874, The Yorkshire Magazine: A Monthly Literary Magazine, volumes 3-4, page 560
    • To an untrained ear the deep-mouthed reboation of a ship's horn seems to have lost itself in the fog,[…].1937, The Atlantic, volume 159, page 218

Forms of reboation

pluralreboations

Origin of reboation

From Latin reboare; compare reboant.

Questions about reboation

What does reboation mean?
Reboation means a loud reverberation; the echo of a bellow or roar.
What part of speech is reboation?
Reboation is a noun.
What is the plural of reboation?
The plural of reboation is reboations.

Words near reboation in the dictionary

  1. reboarder
  2. reboarders
  3. reboarding
  4. reboardings
  5. reboards
  6. reboation
  7. reboations
  8. rebodied
  9. rebodies
  10. rebody
  11. rebodying

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