tombola

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UK/tɒmˈbəʊlə/

noun

A lottery in which winning tickets are drawn from a revolving drum.

OriginItalian tombola →
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Meanings

nountombola (plural tombolas)

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

Origin

  1. Italiantombolaredeverb.
  2. Italiantombola
  3. Englishtombola

Borrowed from Italian tombola.

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Translations

Czech tombola
  • tombolalottery
Danish tombola
  • tombolalottery
Dutch tombola
  • tombolalottery
German Tombola
  • Tombolalottery
Hungarian tombola
  • tombolalottery
Icelandic tombóla, hlutavelta
  • tombólalottery
  • hlutaveltalottery
Italian tombola
  • tombolalottery
Japanese ガラガラ抽選
  • ガラガラ抽選 (garagara chūsen)lottery
Spanish tómbola
  • tómbolalottery

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tombola

MotorolaAngolacolaPensacolaviolalolaOsceolacanolaholaRollagondolanolabolagranolaTortolakolaebolamineolaIolamolaApalachicolagorgonzolaareolapayola
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Anagrams

tambool
Cite this entry
APA

tombola. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tombola

MLA

“tombola.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tombola. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tombola,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tombola.

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