Word.ws English Dictionary

feather boa

Syllables: feath·er boa/ˌfɛðə ˈbəʊə//ˌfɛðəɹ ˈboʊə/

feather boa noun: a boa (“type of long scarf, usually worn by being draped across the shoulders with the ends hanging low, sometimes also with a loop around the neck”) made of feathers, either real or synthetic.

Noun

feather boa (plural feather boas)

  1. A boa (“type of long scarf, usually worn by being draped across the shoulders with the ends hanging low, sometimes also with a loop around the neck”) made of feathers, either real or synthetic.
    • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN
  2. (broadly) In full feather boa kelp: Egregia menziesii, a lessoniaceous kelp found in intertidal water along the western coastline of North America.

Forms of feather boa

pluralfeather boas

Origin of feather boa

From feather (noun) + boa (noun).

Words formed from feather boa

Words that rhyme with feather boa

Questions about feather boa

What does feather boa mean?
Feather boa means a boa (“type of long scarf, usually worn by being draped across the shoulders with the ends hanging low, sometimes also with a loop around the neck”) made of feathers, either real or synthetic.
What part of speech is feather boa?
Feather boa is a noun.
How do you pronounce feather boa?
Feather boa is pronounced /ˌfɛðə ˈbəʊə/ (UK).
What is the plural of feather boa?
The plural of feather boa is feather boas.

Words near feather boa in the dictionary

  1. featest
  2. feather
  3. feather alum
  4. feather bed
  5. feather beds
  6. feather boa
  7. feather boa kelp
  8. feather boa kelps
  9. feather boas
  10. feather Christmas tree
  11. feather Christmas trees

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: feather boa (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:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-feather boa.wav, LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-feather boa.wav.

Cite this entry: “feather boa.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/feather_boa. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.