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tombola

/tɒmˈbəʊlə/

tombola noun: a lottery in which winning tickets are drawn from a revolving drum.

Noun

tombola (plural tombolas)

  1. A lottery in which winning tickets are drawn from a revolving drum.
  2. The drum from which the tickets are drawn.
    • He had been given no choice in the matter of sharing rooms. Gary and he were drawn out of the tombola together, so together they were.1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 43

tombola meaning in Hindi and Tamil

tombola in Hindi

tombola, bingo
तंबोला tambolā

tombola in Tamil

ஒருவகைப் பரிசுக் குலுக்கல்

Forms of tombola

pluraltombolas

Origin of tombola

Borrowed from Italian tombola.

Words that rhyme with tombola

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about tombola

What does tombola mean?
Tombola means a lottery in which winning tickets are drawn from a revolving drum.
What is tombola in Hindi?
Tombola in Hindi is तंबोला (tambolā). See Tombola meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is tombola?
Tombola is a noun.
How do you pronounce tombola?
Tombola is pronounced /tɒmˈbəʊlə/ (UK).
What is the plural of tombola?
The plural of tombola is tombolas.

Words near tombola in the dictionary

  1. Tombling
  2. tombmate
  3. tombmates
  4. tombo
  5. tombo ahi
  6. tombola
  7. tombolas
  8. tombolo
  9. tombology
  10. tombolos
  11. Tombong

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tombola (page history and authors); तंबोला (Hindi) (page history and authors); tombola (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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