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boud

/baʊd/

boud noun: a weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc.

Noun

boud (plural bouds)

  1. (obsolete) A weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc.
    • bowd-eaten malt1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […]...

Forms of boud

pluralbouds

Origin of boud

From Middle English boude, bude, budde, from Old English budda (“beetle”).

Words that rhyme with boud

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Questions about boud

What does boud mean?
Boud means a weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc.
What part of speech is boud?
Boud is a noun.
How do you pronounce boud?
Boud is pronounced /baʊd/.
What is the plural of boud?
The plural of boud is bouds.

Words near boud in the dictionary

  1. boucle
  2. boucles
  3. bouclé
  4. bouclés
  5. Bouctouche
  6. boud
  7. Bouda
  8. Boudakian
  9. Boudakians
  10. Bouddha
  11. Bouddhism

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