Etymology

bocca

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Today it means: The round hole in the furnace of a glassworks through which the fused glass is taken out. Full definition →

Italian bocca
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  1. Italian · borrowed frombocca“mouth”
  2. English todaybocca

Borrowed from Italian bocca (“mouth”). Doublet of bouche.

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