Plural of boll

Forms of boll

Bolls in a sentence

• If he prophesied that the cotton in today’s field was going to be sparse and stick to the bolls like glue, every listener would grunt a hearty agreement.1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 1, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 6
• The bottom has hinges, and can be let down to discharge the coals, of which these waggons contain about three bolls each.1944 September and October, Charles E. Lee, “An Ancient Underground Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 274, text from early 19th century
• Blacks in the fields, lank and stooped, their fingers spiderlike among the bolls of cotton.1985, Cormac McCarthy, chapter 1, in Blood Meridian […] , →OCLC. From the entry lank
• In order to work properly, the cotton stripper required that the plant be brown and brittle, as happened after a freeze, so that the cotton bolls could snap off easily.2009, Pietra Rivoli, The Travels of a T-shirt in the Global Economy, 2nd edition, page 38. From the entry freeze

Meaning of boll

1. noun The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
2. noun A protuberance or excrescence growing on the trunks of some trees, a burl.
3. noun An old dry measure equal to six bushels.

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Questions about the plural of boll

What is the plural of boll?

The plural of boll is bolls.

Is boll countable?

Boll is a countable noun.