Pelota

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  • noun. Jai alai.
  • noun. The ball used in jai alai.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a curved device attached to the player's arm by which the ball can be hurled with great force and accuracy.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A Basque, Spanish, and Spanish-American game played in a court, in which a ball is struck with a wickerwork racket.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. any of a variety of Spanish sports played against a wall
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  • noun. a Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket
    • Word Usage
    "I have used the Spanish word "pelota," but it merely means "ball," just as the Russian word "soviet" means nothing in the world but"
    cross-reference
    pilota  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    court game  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Campana  Kiev  Prisca  cabala  caja  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    jai alai  
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