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Archery

/ɑɹtʃəɹiː/

The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow.

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noun

1
The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow.
2
A group of archers.

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Word	Definition
arrownoun	A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.
teamnoun	Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.
bowshotnoun	The distance that the arrow of an average archer can effectively travel.
bowmanshipnoun	A mastery of archery.
archery groundnoun	A field used for the sport of archery.
dartcherynoun	A sport that is a combination of darts and archery. It was played at the Paralympics.
kyudonoun	A Japanese form of archery.
archery tagnoun	combat archery
axe throwingnoun	A sport in which a competitor throws an axe at a target, attempting to hit the bullseye as near as possible.
bowingnoun	The act of bending at the waist, as a sign of respect or greeting.
bowlingnoun	A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; tenpin bowling/fivepin bowling
shotmakingnoun	(sports) The skill of making accurate shots
para-archerynoun	An adaptation of the sport of archery for athletes with a physical disability.
scorenoun	The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
york roundnoun	(archery) six dozen, four dozen, and two dozen arrows shot at each of three distances
recurve bownoun	(weaponry) A bow whose two tips curve away from the archer when drawn, which gives the shot greater power and speed.
bowlnoun	A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
flight-shotnoun	(UK, Scotland, dialect, dated) The distance an arrow can generally fly after being shot (about a fifth of a mile).
biathlonnoun	(winter sports, uncountable) Racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; (countable) a particular instance of such a race.
shotnoun	The result of launching a projectile or bullet.