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Boreham

Boreham proper noun: a village and civil parish in the city of Chelmsford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7509).

Proper noun

Boreham (countable and uncountable, plural Borehams)

  1. A village and civil parish in the city of Chelmsford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7509).
  2. A former hamlet, now a suburb of Warminster, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8844).
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Boreham

pluralBorehams

Origin of Boreham

From Old English bor (“elevated place; hill”) + hām (“village, hamlet”).

Words formed from Boreham

Questions about Boreham

What does Boreham mean?
Boreham means a village and civil parish in the city of Chelmsford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7509).
What part of speech is Boreham?
Boreham is a proper noun.

Words near Boreham in the dictionary

  1. borefests
  2. borefield
  3. borefields
  4. boregasm
  5. boregasms
  6. Boreham
  7. Borehams
  8. Borehamwood
  9. borehole
  10. boreholed
  11. boreholes

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