bole
1[bohl]
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noun Botany.
the stem or trunk of a tree.
Origin of bole
1bole
2[bohl]
noun
Also bolus.
Origin of bole
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Related Words for boles
chunk, wood, piece, timber, stalk, stem, torso, mud, brick, earth, length, stick, trunk, block, driftwood, log, column, butt, stock, somaExamples from the Web for boles
Contemporary Examples of boles
"A lot of the photos were taken at a club called The Colony," Boles explained.
Historical Examples of boles
There was the dim bulk of a man disappearing through the boles.
David ElginbrodGeorge MacDonald
The forest was full of the boles of trees that had been blown down.
An American Robinson CrusoeSamuel. B. Allison
They were watching the tragic chase between the boles of the pines.
Master ReynardJane Fielding
Twenty years tell not on boles that have for centuries been in their prime.
The grass is as uniform as a carpet, and grows quite up to the boles of the trees.
RiverbyJohn Burroughs
bole
1noun
Word Origin for bole
C14: from Old Norse bolr; related to Middle High German bole plank
bole
2bolus
noun
Word Origin for bole
C13: from Late Latin bōlus lump, from Greek bōlos
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