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boughs

/baʊz/

boughs is the plural of bough.

Meaning of bough

Noun

bough (plural boughs)

  1. A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.
    • When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall. (Rock-a-bye Baby)
  2. (figuratively, obsolete, poetic) A gallows.
    • It was vſed of auncient time in Gauelkind land, & hath receiued the allowance and iudgement of a good and lawfull cuſtome, that if the huſband be attainted and executed for a felonie by him committed, yet ſhall his wife for the ſolace of her loſſe and deſolation haue her dowrie of his land, and...1584, A Breefe Discourse, Declaring and Approuing the Necessarie and Inuiolable Maintenance of the Laudable Customes of London: […], London: […] Henrie Midleton for Rafe Newberie, →OCLC, pages 26–27

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Proper noun capitalized: Boughs

Boughs

  1. (plural) plural of Bough

Words that rhyme with boughs

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Questions about boughs

What is boughs the plural of?
Boughs is the plural of bough.
What part of speech is boughs?
Boughs is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce boughs?
Boughs is pronounced /baʊz/.

Words near boughs in the dictionary

  1. boughless
  2. Boughner
  3. Boughners
  4. boughpot
  5. boughpots
  6. boughs
  7. bought
  8. bought a dog and barked oneself
  9. bought a pup
  10. bought a ticket to
  11. bought air

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