"bow and arrow" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbəʊ ən(d) ˈæɹəʊ/ [UK] Audio: En-us-bow and arrow.oga [US] Forms: bows and arrows [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|bows and arrows}} bow and arrow (plural bows and arrows)
  1. A weapon consisting of a bow and a supply of arrows, often kept in a quiver. Categories (topical): Weapons Translations (weapon): pyl en boog (Afrikaans), قَوْس وَسَهْم (qaws wasahm) (Arabic), նետ ու աղեղ (net u aġeġ) (Armenian), bonara (Bislama), ᎦᏦᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎫᏂ (gatsodi ale guni) (Cherokee), 弓箭 (gōngjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 弓矢 (gōngshǐ) [literary] (Chinese Mandarin), luk a šíp (Czech), pil og bue (Danish), pijl en boog (Dutch), pafarko kaj sago (Esperanto), jousi ja nuoli (Finnish), arc et flèche (French), მშვილდ-ისარი (mšvild-isari) (Georgian), Pfeil und Bogen (German), חץ וקשת (Hebrew), íj és nyíl (Hungarian), saighead agus bogha (Irish), arco e freccia (Italian), 弓矢 (yumiya) (Japanese), 弓箭 (kyūsen) (alt: きゅうせん) (Japanese), ធ្នូ (tnuu) (Khmer), 궁전 (gungjeon) (Korean), arcum et sagitta (Latin), arco e freccia (Latin), അമ്പും വില്ലും (ampuṁ villuṁ) (Malayalam), нум сум (num sum) (Mongolian), ałtį́į́ dóó kʼaaʼ (Navajo), pil og bue (Norwegian), mitigwaab miinawaa bikwak (Ojibwe), تیر و کمان (tir-o-kamân) (Persian), łuk i strzała (Polish), arco e flecha (Portuguese), лук и стре́лы (luk i strély) (Russian), лук и стрела [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), лук и стријела [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), luk i strela [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), luk i strijela [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), arco y flecha (Spanish), pil och båge (Swedish), མདའ་གཞུ (mda' gzhu) (Tibetan), yay ve ok (Turkish), ча болгаш согун (ça bolgaş sogun) (Tuvan), cung tên (Vietnamese), bwa saeth (Welsh)

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      "word": "luk i strijela"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "weapon",
      "word": "arco y flecha"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "weapon",
      "word": "pil och båge"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "mda' gzhu",
      "sense": "weapon",
      "word": "མདའ་གཞུ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "weapon",
      "word": "yay ve ok"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyv",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "ça bolgaş sogun",
      "sense": "weapon",
      "word": "ча болгаш согун"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "weapon",
      "word": "cung tên"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "weapon",
      "word": "bwa saeth"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bow and arrow"
}

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