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bow and arrow en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈbəʊ ən(d)ˈæɹəʊ/ (UK)

Meanings

1. A weapon consisting of a bow and a supply of arrows, often kept in a quiver.
   • Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless. 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
   • His bow and arrow never leaves him.

Forms

Descendants

banara · bonaro · bonara

Translations (51)

pl łuk i strzała (weapon) · grc τόξον καί βέλος (weapon) · vi cung tên (weapon) · nl pijl en boog (weapon) · grc τόξον καί ἰός (weapon) · hy նետ ու աղեղ (weapon) · tr yay ve ok (weapon) · eo pafarko kaj sago (weapon) · tfr könkowo (weapon) · cmn 弓箭 (weapon) · de Pfeil und Bogen (weapon) · la arcus et sagitta (weapon) · sh лук и стрела (weapon) · fr arc et flèche (weapon) · mn нум сум (weapon) · fa تیر و کمان (weapon) · sh luk i strijela (weapon) · ga saighead agus bogha (weapon) · sh luk i strela (weapon) · it arco e freccia (weapon) · ar قَوْس وَسَهْم (weapon) · sh лук и стријела (weapon) · kmr tîr û kevan (weapon) · ko 궁시 (weapon) · el τόξο και βέλος (weapon) · pt arco e flecha (weapon) · chr ᎦᏦᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎫᏂ (weapon) · cmn 弓矢 (weapon) · ja 弓矢 (weapon) · ru лук и стре́лы (weapon) · cy bwa saeth (weapon) · km ធ្នូ (weapon) · ka მშვილდ-ისარი (weapon) · bi bonara (weapon) · tyv ча болгаш согун (weapon) · cs luk a šíp (weapon) · ml അമ്പും വില്ലും (weapon) · ckb تیر و کەوان (weapon) · hu íj és nyíl (weapon) · ko 활과 화살 (weapon) · da pil og bue (weapon) · es arco y flecha (weapon) · fi jousi ja nuoli (weapon) · ja 弓箭 (weapon) · he חץ וקשת (weapon) · no pil og bue (weapon) · oj mitigwaab miinawaa bikwak (weapon) · bo མདའ་གཞུ (weapon) · nv ałtį́į́ʼ dóó kʼaaʼ (weapon) · sv pil och båge (weapon) · af pyl en boog (weapon)