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Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

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2019
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[from Old English blyscan meaning to glow]

boa boas

NOUN a large snake that kills its prey by coiling round it and crushing it

boar boars

NOUN 1 a male wild pig

2 a male domestic pig used for breeding

board boards, boarding, boarded

NOUN 1 a long, flat piece of wood

2 a flat piece of wood, plastic or cardboard, which is used for a particular purpose • a chessboard • a surfboard

3 the group of people who control a company or organization • My mum is on the board of governors.

4 the meals provided when you stay in a hotel or guesthouse • The price includes full board.

VERB 5 If you board a ship or aircraft, you get on it or in it.

PHRASE 6 If you are on board a ship or aircraft, you are on it or in it.

Do not confuse board with bored.

boarder boarders

NOUN 1 a pupil who lives at school during term

2 a lodger

boast boasts, boasting, boasted

VERB If you boast, you talk proudly about what you have or what you can do.

SYNONYM: brag

boat boats

NOUN a small vehicle for travelling across water

body bodies

NOUN 1 Your body is all of you, from your head to your feet.

2 You can say body when you mean just the main part of a human or other animal, not counting head, arms and legs.

bodyguard bodyguards

NOUN a person employed to protect someone

bog bogs

NOUN an area of wet, spongy ground

boil boils, boiling, boiled

VERB 1 When a hot liquid boils, or when you boil it, it starts to bubble and to give off steam.

2 When you boil food, you cook it in boiling water.

boiler boilers

NOUN a piece of equipment that burns fuel to provide hot water

boisterous

ADJECTIVE Someone who is boisterous is noisy and lively.

SYNONYMS: loud, rowdy

boisterously ADVERB

bold bolder, boldest

ADJECTIVE 1 brave or confident • He was bold enough to ask for her autograph.

2 clear and noticeable • The sign was painted in bold colours.

[from Old Norse ballr meaning dangerous or terrible]

bollard bollards

NOUN a short, thick post used to stop vehicles from entering a road

bolt bolts, bolting, bolted

NOUN 1 a metal object that screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together

VERB 2 If you bolt one thing to another, you fasten them together using a bolt. • They bolted the chair to the floor.

3 If you bolt a door or window, you slide a metal bar across in order to fasten it.

bomb bombs, bombing, bombed

NOUN 1 a container filled with material that explodes when it hits something or when it is set off by a timer
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