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Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

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2019
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VERB 2 If you bomb something, you attack it with a bomb.

[from Greek bombos meaning a booming sound]

bond bonds

NOUN a close relationship between people • the bond between mothers and babies

bone bones

NOUN the hard parts that form the framework of a person’s or animal’s body

bonfire bonfires

NOUN a large fire made outdoors, to burn rubbish or to celebrate something

[from bone + fire – bones were used as fuel in the Middle Ages]

bonnet bonnets

NOUN 1 the metal cover over a car’s engine

2 a baby’s or woman’s hat tied under the chin

bonus bonuses

NOUN 1 an amount of money added to a person’s usual pay

2 a good thing that you get in addition to something else

bony bonier, boniest

ADJECTIVE Bony people or animals are very thin, with not much flesh covering their bones.

book books, booking, booked

NOUN 1 a number of pages held together inside a cover

VERB 2 When you book something, you arrange to have it or use it at a particular time. • Mum booked two rooms at the hotel.

bookcase bookcases

NOUN a piece of furniture where you keep books

booklet booklets

NOUN a small book with a paper cover

boom booms, booming, boomed

NOUN 1 a deep, echoing sound

2 a fast increase in something • There has been a boom in the sale of sun cream this summer.

VERB 3 If something booms, it makes a loud booming sound. • We heard the foghorn boom in the distance.

boomerang boomerangs

NOUN a curved, wooden missile that can be thrown so that it returns to the thrower. Boomerangs were traditionally used as weapons by Australian Aborigines.

boost boosts, boosting, boosted

VERB If someone boosts something, they improve or increase it. • The teacher boosted Juliet’s confidence when she praised her story.

boot boots

NOUN 1 strong shoes that come up over your ankle, and sometimes your calf

2 the covered space in a car, usually at the back, for carrying things in

booth booths

NOUN 1 a small, partly-enclosed area • a telephone booth

2 a stall where you can buy things, for example at a market or a fair

border borders

NOUN 1 the dividing line between two countries

2 a strip or band round the edge of something

3 flower beds round the edges of a garden

borderline borderlines

NOUN If someone or something is on the borderline, they are on the division between two different categories.

bore bores, boring, bored

VERB 1 If something bores you, you find it dull and uninteresting.

2 If you bore a hole in something, you make it using a tool such as a drill.

3 the past tense of bear

NOUN 4 someone or something that bores you

bored
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