ballista
Meaning of ballista
noun
a catapult used in ancient warfare for hurling large stones.
early 16th century: from Latin, based on Greek ballein ‘to throw’.
Information about ballista
- It is a name.
- The plural form of ballista is: ballistas.
- Languages in which ballista is used:
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Hyphenation of ballista
bal-lista
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- ballista is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
ballista synonyms
Meaning catapult:
catapult, arbalest, arbalist, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket
Words that rhyme with ballista
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