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ARCHERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does archery mean?
• ARCHERY (noun)
The noun ARCHERY has 1 sense:
1. the sport of shooting arrows with a bow
Familiarity information: ARCHERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The sport of shooting arrows with a bow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("archery" is a kind of...):
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Context examples
“Our archery is over-good, and they will not close. What defence can we make against the stones?”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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