lotto
/ˈlɒtəʊ
/noun
1 [mass noun] A children’s game similar to bingo, in which numbered or illustrated counters or cards are drawn by the players.It is a simple naming task with pictures from a children's lotto....
- The stimuli - pictures of familiar objects taken from children's lotto games - were arranged on cardboard grids.
- Now what can be so 'incredible' about a collection of children's lotto games?
2A lottery.The chairman said John was a great supporter of the lotto draw every week and will be sadly missed....
- He thanked those who supported the lotto and the draw and all who helped run them.
- There was no winner of the lotto jackpot of Euro 2,600 which was held on Monday the 28th March.
Origin
Late 18th century: from Italian.
Rhymes
- blood-borne
- blood brother
- blood-brotherhood
- blood bulk
- blood cell
- blood-chilling
- blood chit
- blood cholesterol
- bloodclaat
- blood clot
- blood clotting
- blood-conscious
- blood coral
- blood corpuscle
- blood count
- blood culture
- blood-curdler
- blood-curdling
- blood diamond
- blood disease
- blood donation
- blood donor
- blood doping
- blood-drinker
- blood-drinking