bullring

[ bool-ring ]

/ ˈbʊlˌrɪŋ /

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noun

an arena for a bullfight.

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Origin of bullring

First recorded in 1600–10; bull¹ + ring¹

Words nearby bullring

bull of the woods, bullous, bull pen, bullpout, bull riding, bullring, bull-roarer, bull rope, Bull Run, Bull Run, Battle of, bull session

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How to use bullring in a sentence

The final phase will be redesigning the historic bullring, so it can be used for large gatherings, like concerts or lectures.
Morning Report: Law Enforcement Is Spending on ‘Predictive Policing’|Voice of San Diego|February 2, 2021|Voice of San Diego
Miraculously, Juan Jose Padilla was back in the bullring—sí, fighting bulls—a mere five months later.
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He recommended that they should walk orderly; but instead of that they proceeded tumultuously to the Bullring.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
Same stock my grandfather used to sell Boon Bullring before the water.
Thy Rocks and Rills|Robert Ernest Gilbert

Human voices welled in a mob roar from the great open cylinder of the bullring.
Thy Rocks and Rills|Robert Ernest Gilbert
I sketched under the tropic sun, in corrals, in a bullring, under an Indian laurel; I poked through empty rooms.
The Haciendas of Mexico|Paul Alexander Bartlett
Once there were twin swimming pools, a bullring, and fifty Japanese gardeners to maintain the gardens.
The Haciendas of Mexico|Paul Alexander Bartlett

British Dictionary definitions for bullring

bullring

/ (ˈbʊlˌrɪŋ) /

noun

an arena for bullfighting

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