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buhl

/buːl/

buhl noun: a particularly decorative piece of brass or other material, used as inlay in furniture or other works.

Noun

buhl (usually uncountable, plural buhls)

  1. (attributive, often, usually) A particularly decorative piece of brass or other material, used as inlay in furniture or other works.
    • In preparation for a client of his type, she had brought into the shop a buhl cabinet, selected from Jabez Rintle's hoard, and that piece, with its elaborate craftsmanship in brass, inlay, tortoiseshell and carving, arrested Mr Jacobson's flair for a bargain in financial values at least.1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 158
  2. (usually) Furniture having ornamentation of this kind.
    • Fancy a Member of Parliament and an old English Baronet, by Gad! obliged to put a drawing-room clock and a buhl inkstand up the spout; and a gold duck’s-head paper-holder, that I dare say cost my wife five pound, for which they’d only give me fifteen-and-six!1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 61, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...

Proper noun capitalized: Buhl

Buhl

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Alabama.
  3. One of two communes in France
  4. A city in Idaho.
  5. A city in Minnesota.

buhl meaning in Bengali

buhl in Bengali

এই ধরনের অলঙ্করণযুক্ত আসবাবপত্র

Forms of buhl

pluralbuhls
alternative formboulle
alternative formboule

Origin of buhl

A pronunciation spelling of Boulle, a French woodcarver.

Words formed from buhl

Words that rhyme with buhl

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Questions about buhl

What does buhl mean?
Buhl means a particularly decorative piece of brass or other material, used as inlay in furniture or other works.
What is buhl in Bengali?
Buhl in Bengali is এই ধরনের অলঙ্করণযুক্ত আসবাবপত্র. See Buhl meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is buhl?
Buhl can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce buhl?
Buhl is pronounced /buːl/.
What is the plural of buhl?
The plural of buhl is buhls.

Words near buhl in the dictionary

  1. Buhay
  2. Buhi
  3. Buhid
  4. Buhilit
  5. Buhisan
  6. buhl
  7. buhl work
  8. Buhler
  9. Buhlers
  10. buhls
  11. buhlwork

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