"tombola" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tombolas [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊlə Etymology: Borrowed from Italian tombola. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|tombola}} Italian tombola Head templates: {{en-noun}} tombola (plural tombolas)
  1. A lottery in which winning tickets are drawn from a revolving drum. Translations (lottery): tombola (Czech), tombola [masculine] (Dutch), Tombola [feminine] (German), tombola (Hungarian), tombóla [feminine] (Icelandic), hlutavelta [feminine] (Icelandic), tombola (Italian), ガラガラ抽選 (garagara chūsen) (Japanese), tómbola (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tombola-en-noun-Sp1I3Ejp Disambiguation of 'lottery': 97 3
  2. The drum from which the tickets are drawn.
    Sense id: en-tombola-en-noun-UuTijvOn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bingo, lotto

Inflected forms

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