Boston

[baw-stuhn, bos-tuhn]

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Massachusetts, in the E part.

2. (lowercase),  a variety of whist, popular in the early 19th century, played by four persons with two packs of cards.

3. (usually lowercase),  a social dance that is a modification of the waltz.

Boston

¹

/ ˈbɒstən /

noun

1. a port in E Massachusetts, the state capital. Pop: 581 616 (2003 est)

2. a port in E England, in SE Lincolnshire. Pop: 35 124 (2001)

boston

²

/ ˈbɒstən /

noun

1. a card game for four, played with two packs

2. a slow gliding dance, a variation of the waltz

Boston

1. Capital of Massachusetts and largest city in the state.

Site of the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party.

Boston is often called “the Hub” for “Hub of the Universe,” or “Beantown” after Boston baked beans.

Example Sentences

My mom was a trouper on long walks in the Boston and Rome airports and a four-hour food tour in Rome, but would never travel with me again if I tried that in multiple cities!

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Working with researchers at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital, Wang's lab recently showed in mice that they could deliver CBD directly to the brain to relieve neuropathic pain without producing harmful side effects.

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Boston Borough Council said its home energy advice and retrofit team will holding a Beat your Winter Worries clinic at Centenary Methodist Church.

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Southern Maine – closer in feel to Boston’s suburbs than to the paper mills and potato fields up north – is where Democrats are already strong.

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A Boston University student is at the center of a growing controversy after admitting he repeatedly called U.S.

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