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almadraba

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
al-madra-ba
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Mediterranean fishing technique for catching Atlantic bluefin tuna consisting of suspending nets in walls that guide the fish to a central net trap where they are caught for slaughter.

Uncountable

noun

An arrangement of nets for this purpose.

Countable

Etymology

From Spanish almadraba.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

almadrabas (plural)

Questions

What does almadraba mean?
A Mediterranean fishing technique for catching Atlantic bluefin tuna consisting of suspending nets in walls that guide the fish to a central net trap where they are caught for slaughter.
Where does almadraba come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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