boas
boas is the plural of boa.
Meaning of boa
Noun
boa (plural boas or (obsolete) boæ)
- Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa, subfamily Boinae, or family Boidae, including the boa constrictor and the emperor boa of Mexico.
- A type of long scarf; typically made from synthetic or real feathers (or occasionally fur), and usually worn by being draped across the shoulders with the ends hanging low, sometimes also with a loop around the neck.
- Do not take up your boa as if it were the rope with which you meant to hang yourself; nor wrap your shawl round you as if it were your shroud.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 220
Proper noun capitalized: Boas
Boas (plural Boases)
- A surname from Hebrew.
Noun (1) capitalized: Boas
Boas
- plural of Boa
Noun (2) capitalized: BoAs
BoAs
- plural of BoA
Forms of boas
| plural | Boases |
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Origin of boas
From the Biblical personal name Boaz, which is from Hebrew בֹּעַז (Bōʿaz).
Words formed from boas
Phrases with boas
- rosy boas
- sand boas
- tree boas
- water boas
- banana boas
- rubber boas
- feather boas
- rainbow boas
- emerald tree boas
- javelin sand boas
- van Emde Boas tree
- northern eyelash boas
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Questions about boas
- What does boas mean?
- Boas means a surname from Hebrew.
- What is boas the plural of?
- Boas is the plural of boa.
- What part of speech is boas?
- Boas can be a proper noun or a noun.
Words near boas in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: boas (page history and authors); Boas (page history and authors); BoAs (page history and authors); boa (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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