bough
[ bou ]
/ baʊ /
noun
a branch of a tree, especially one of the larger or main branches.
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boudoir grand, bouffant, bouffe, bougainville, bougainvillea, bough, boughed, boughpot, bought, boughten, bougie
Origin of bough
before 1000; Middle English bogh, Old English bōg, bōh shoulder, bough; cognate with Old Norse bōgr, Dutch boeg, German Bug, Greek pêchys, Sanskrit bāhu
OTHER WORDS FROM bough
bough·less, adjectiveun·der·bough, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH bough
bough bowsynonym study for bough
See branch.
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British Dictionary definitions for bough
bough
/ (baʊ) /
noun
any of the main branches of a tree
Word Origin for bough
Old English bōg arm, twig; related to Old Norse bōgr shoulder, ship's bow, Old High German buog shoulder, Greek pēkhus forearm, Sanskrit bāhu; see bow ³, elbow
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