archery B2 Topic:Sports & Fitness US /ˈɑrtʃəri/ UK /ˈɑːtʃəri/ See IPA manual Freq #20908 Meanings 1 noun the sport, practice, or skill of shooting arrows with a bow She took up archery and learned to group her arrows near the center of the target. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the sport, practice, or... bow shootingbowmanship Word family Derived forms para-archery Related forms archerbowarrowtoxophily Etymology From Middle English archerie and Old French archerie, from archier ('archer'). The family ultimately traces through Latin arcus to a word for a bow. Topics Sports & Fitness External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # archery **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɑrtʃəri/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɑːtʃəri/ **Frequency rank:** 20908 ## Meanings 1. the sport, practice, or skill of shooting arrows with a bow ## Examples - She took up archery and learned to group her arrows near the center of the target. ## Synonyms - bow shooting - bowmanship ## Derived Forms - para-archery ## Related Forms - archer - bow - arrow - toxophily ## Etymology From Middle English archerie and Old French archerie, from archier ('archer'). The family ultimately traces through Latin arcus to a word for a bow. ## Topics - Sports & Fitness markdown