boule
/buːl/
boule noun: one of the bowls used in the French game of boules. Also the alternative form of buhl.
Noun (1)
boule (plural boules)
- One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.
- Wani had been wet about the game until he turned out to be good at it, and now he was absorbed and unironical, tripping after the ball, yapping and grinning when he bombed the other boules away from the jack-ball, or cochonnet.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN
- A single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means.
- A round loaf of bread.
- A round piece of dough.
- A through-sawn log with the slices restacked in the order and orientation they originally had in the log, usually with waney edges.
- Behind him is lumber 'sawn in the boule.' Wood is more commonly sawn in this manner in Europe and is stacked in the order it comes from the log.1986, Fine woodworking on wood and how to dry it, page 42
- Specialty lumber dealers can cut and sticker a log "in the boule," so that boards hold the same relative position they had before milling1995 August, American Woodworker, number 46, page 41
Verb
boule (third-person singular simple present boules, present participle bouling, simple past and past participle bouled)
- To shape (a piece of dough) into a ball.
Noun (2)
boule (plural boules)
- A council of citizens in Ancient Greece
Also used as
boule is also the alternative form of buhl.
boule meaning in Odia and Persian
boule in Odia
- Translations
- ବାଉଲ bāula
boule in Persian
- A round loaf of bread
- کوماج kumâj
Forms of boule
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | boules |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | boules |
| present participle | bouling |
| past participle | bouled |
| past | bouled |
Origin of boule
From French boule. Doublet of bull (etymologies 2 and 4) and bulla, or of bowl and pulla, depending on the etymology of the French word.
Alteration of Boulle. See buhl.
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βουλή (boulḗ).
Words that rhyme with boule
42 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- spool
- doole
- pule
- yule
- buhl
- huemul
- Juul
- misrule
- poule
- rocking stool
- you'll
- 6-2-1 rule
- adverse interest rule
- aemule
- babul
- befool
- bool
- cagoule
- crool
- emule
- firefighter's rule
- gigajoule
- grool
- gule
- hool
- hydrocool
- joule
- kewl
- kilojoule
- megajoule
- mewl
- pasta fazool
- petajoule
- retool
- shul
- snool
- sool
- terajoule
- torchecul
- tulle
- uncool
- yottajoule
Questions about boule
- What does boule mean?
- Boule means one of the bowls used in the French game of boules.
- What is boule in Odia?
- Boule in Odia is ବାଉଲ (bāula). See Boule meaning in Odia.
- What part of speech is boule?
- Boule can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce boule?
- Boule is pronounced /buːl/.
- What is the plural of boule?
- The plural of boule is boules.
Words near boule in the dictionary
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