borasca

noun

bo·​ras·​ca

bəˈraskə

variants or less commonly borrasca or borasco

-(ˌ)skō

or borasque

-rask

plural -s

1

: a squall often attended with a thunderstorm occurring especially in the Mediterranean

2

[Mexican Spanish borrasca unproductiveness (of a mine), from Spanish, squall]

a

: a mine section or an entire mine that is largely oreless : an unproductive mine

b

: unproductiveness especially of a mine

also : penury, want

Word History

Etymology

Spanish borrasca, from Late Latin borras north wind, from Greek borras, boreas

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