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boul

/buːl/

boul noun: a curved handle.

Noun

boul (plural bouls)

  1. (archaic, rare) A curved handle.
    • this comes to hand like the boul of a pint stoup1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald...

Proper noun capitalized: Boul

Boul

  1. Several rivers in Romania.

Forms of boul

pluralbouls

Questions about boul

What does boul mean?
Boul means a curved handle.
What part of speech is boul?
Boul can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce boul?
Boul is pronounced /buːl/.
What is the plural of boul?
The plural of boul is bouls.

Words near boul in the dictionary

  1. Boukhechba
  2. Bouknight
  3. Bouknights
  4. bouks
  5. boukólos rule
  6. boul
  7. boula
  8. boulanger
  9. boulangerie
  10. boulangeries
  11. boulangerite

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