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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When the wind blows hard, and their branches and boughs thrash and creak, I am convinced they will topple over and cleave my home in twain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
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
Desert night lizards sleep and forage beneath their fallen boughs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2024
They were London planetrees, and no birds flitted in their boughs.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2024
Me and Derrick lit into the boughs and found leafy nooks to crouch and lay.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
