Archery Noun - Definition, Pictures, Pronunciation And Usage Notes

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Definition of archery noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

archery noun  /ˈɑːtʃəri/  /ˈɑːrtʃəri/ [uncountable] jump to other results

1. enlarge imagethe art or sport of shooting arrows with a bow
   • He took up archery eight years ago.
   • Neither had practised archery before last year.
   Topics Sports: other sportsc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryArchery is used before these nouns:
   • range
   See full entryWord Originlate Middle English: from Old French archerie, from archier, based on Latin arcus ‘bow’.

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