Word.ws English Dictionary

close borough

/ˈkləʊs ˈbʌɹə/

close borough noun: synonym of pocket borough.

Noun

close borough (plural close boroughs)

  1. Synonym of pocket borough.
    Synonyms:
    pocket borough

Synonyms of close borough

Forms of close borough

pluralclose boroughs

Questions about close borough

What does close borough mean?
Close borough means synonym of pocket borough.
What part of speech is close borough?
Close borough is a noun.
How do you pronounce close borough?
Close borough is pronounced /ˈkləʊs ˈbʌɹə/.
What is the plural of close borough?
The plural of close borough is close boroughs.

Words near close borough in the dictionary

  1. closantel
  2. closants
  3. close
  4. close as wax
  5. close at hand
  6. close borough
  7. close boroughs
  8. close but no cigar
  9. close by
  10. close call
  11. close calls

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: close borough (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “close borough.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/close_borough. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.