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bole
1[ bohl ]
noun
- the stem or trunk of a tree.
bole
2[ bohl ]
noun
- any of a variety of soft, unctuous clays of various colors, used as pigments.
- a medium red-brown color made from such clay.
bole
1/ bəʊl /
noun
- a reddish soft variety of clay used as a pigment
- a moderate reddish-brown colour
bole
2/ bəʊl /
noun
- the trunk of a tree
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Example Sentences
It had spread, an ebony patch, equally about the bole of the tree, so that the sun must have been immediately overhead.
Silently he swung from bole to bole for a few minutes, and then disappeared.
"Then listen," said Tvita, re-filling his pipe and leaning his broad back against the bole of a cocoa-palm.
The boat had been hidden from them by the bole of a great tree which rose from the grass at the water's edge.
He had stood up, lashed against a slender palm bole, and died on his feet.
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