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Word: Bough
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Old English bōg, bōh ‘bough or shoulder’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boeg ‘shoulders or ship's bow’, German Bug ‘ship's bow’ and ‘horse's hock or shoulder’, also to bow
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
baʊ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a main branch of a tree
Short Definition:main branch of tree
Examples:- apple boughs laden with blossom
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