bole
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/bɒʊl/
English
Definitions
noun
- The trunk or stem of a tree.
noun
- Any of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually coloured red by iron oxide, and composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia.
- (colour) The shade of reddish brown which resembles this clay.
- A bolus; a dose.
noun
- The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
- An old dry measure equal to six bushels.
noun
- An aperture with a shutter in the wall of a house, to admit air or light.
- A small closet.