Boules

Word BOULES
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Definitions and meanings of "Boules"

What do we mean by boules?

One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.

A single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means.

A round loaf of bread.

A round piece of dough.

A through-sawn log with the slices restacked in the order and orientation they originally had in the log, usually with waney edges.

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The word "boules" in example sentences

Is it perhaps taken at the site of a church, where hats are not allowed or maybe the ledge beside a shady park while a game of boules is being played? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Most of us, of course, ignorant of such subtleties, know it as plain French boules, a game played in the shade of plane trees on the scuffed gravel of countless squares across France by elderly men in flat caps and string vests, Gitanes clamped to their lower lips and shots of pastis never far from hand. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There was the most exquisite white bread, made into little round loaves called boules (whence the bakers took their French name of boulangers), of which the crust was so inviting, that, even with water alone, it would have been a delicacy. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Pétanque (aka boules) is a game where you toss steel balls (boules) across a playing field, or terrain, toward a smaller ball, called a cochonnet (pig) or “jack,” the object of it being to see who can get closest. ❋ Kristin Espinasse (2007)

The marquee event for the sport, commonly known as boules, began on Thursday. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This contrasting effect of colors reaches its height in a 1972 series called "boules," where Mir painted oval balls of green, yellow and orange against a black background. ❋ Unknown (2010)

~~~~~~~~~~French Vocabulary~~~~~~~~~~ j'ai un scoop pour toi = I have a scoop for you; étrange = strange; la lèvre (f) = lip; la pétanque (f) = petanque, a.k.a. "boules"; une boule (f) = (steel) ball ❋ Unknown (2007)

It was difficult to fathom how the 44th edition of a sport commonly known as "boules" was going to aid world peace until the first day of team action started on Thursday. ❋ Unknown (2008)

j'ai un scoop pour toi = I have a scoop for you; étrange = strange; la lèvre (f) = lip; la pétanque (f) = petanque, a.k.a. "boules"; une boule (f) = (steel) ball ❋ Unknown (2007)

At times the up to 16 very‐similar looking boules arrayed around the cochon seemed overwhelming, but in this social game teammates give advice on strategy and aiming. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The game of boules or pétanque (Provençal for “pied ancré” *) was invented in La Ciotat so for us it was like playing a pick‐up baseball game in Cooperstown. ❋ Unknown (2009)

~~~~~~~~~French Vocabulary~~~~~~~~~~~~ la pétanque = a game of bowls (boules) played in the South of France ... and elsewhere! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Tim and I keep our boules* in the car for such emergencies .... ❋ Unknown (2009)

We only needed two more points to win and I still had my two boules. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Boccia is best described as a wheelchair version of boules, while goalball is for unsighted athletes and resembles handball. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A convivial game of boules in the town of La Ciotat. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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