bough
noun
a branch of a tree, especially one of the larger or main branches.
boughs
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pluralof bough.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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And although their shaggy boughs somewhat resemble teddy bears, they’re sharp if you step too close.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
At Cold Comfort Farm “dawn crept over the Downs like a sinister white animal, followed by the snarling cries of a wind eating its way between the black boughs of the thorns.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
The ancient Lady Jane Grey Oak in Leicester's Bradgate Park, and a cedar with low-sweeping boughs where The Beatles were photographed at London's Chiswick House, completed the top five in the rankings.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
They were London planetrees, and no birds flitted in their boughs.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2024
I found him asleep twice when I awoke; but I did not fear to go to sleep again, although the boughs or bats or something napped almost angrily against the window-panes.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
