English Explanatory Dictionary

botijo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A traditional Spanish porous clay vessel designed to hold water and to cool it by evaporation.

Pronunciation

/bəʊˈtiː.həʊ/ /boʊˈti.hoʊ/

Word forms

botijo botijos botija

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish botijo, from Spanish botija, from Vulgar Latin *buticula (or from Late Latin butticula, with attestation difficult to locate), from Vulgar Latin buttis (or LL.).

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