preta

Noun

Meaning

preta (plural pretas)

A hungry ghost (a supernatural being in Buddhist folklore, the spirit of a greedy person whose divine retribution is never to be sated)

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

hungry ghost

Phrases with the word

acacia preta synthetic terra preta

Anagrams

apert peart petar prate taper trape pater parte petra repat retap treap ptera

Examples

A hungry ghost (Tibetan: yidag, yi-dvags; Sanskrit: preta, परत) has a tiny throat and huge stomach, and so can never be satisfied. Source: Internet

Researchers have found that the fertile Terra preta (black earth) is distributed over large areas in the Amazon forest. Source: Internet

This created dark soil areas known as terra preta de índio (Indian Dark Earth). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

presystole presystolic pret. pretabulate pretabulated pretabulation