Definitions for boules

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boules boule

Spelling: [bool]

IPA: /bul/

Boules is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 110 anagrams from letters in boules (belosu).

Definitions for boules

noun

1. Also called birne. a cylindrical lump of material for synthetic gems, made by the Verneuil process.
2. a metal ball, usually made out of steel, used in pétanque.
3. Sometimes, boules. pétanque.
4. buhl.
5. the legislative assembly of modern Greece.
6. (sometimes lowercase) a state legislative, advisory, or administrative council in ancient Greece.
7. elaborate inlaid work of woods, metals, tortoiseshell, ivory, etc.

Origin of boules

1915-20; French: literally, a ball; see bowl²

Examples for boules

As is well known, the rough material is formed in boules or pear-shaped drops under an inverted blowpipe.