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Antonyms for bole

Grammar : Noun
Spell : bohl
Phonetic Transcription : boÊŠl

Definition of bole

Origin :
  • early 14c., from Old Norse bolr "tree trunk," from Proto-Germanic *bulas (cf. Middle Dutch bolle "trunk of a tree"), from PIE *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (cf. Greek phyllon "leaf," phallos "swollen penis;" Latin flos "flower," florere "to blossom, flourish," folium "leaf;" Old Prussian balsinis "cushion;" Old Norse belgr "bag, bellows;" Old English bolla "pot, cup, bowl;" Old Irish bolgaim "I swell," blath "blossom, flower," bolach "pimple," bolg "bag;" Breton bolc'h "flax pod;" Serbian buljiti "to stare, be bug-eyed;" Serbo-Croatian blazina "pillow").
  • As in log : noun stump of tree
  • As in trunk : noun body, core
  • As in clay : noun workable earth material
Example sentences :
  • No tree has so fair a bole and so handsome an instep as the beech.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • Steve took to the woods, and found sanctuary behind the bole of an oak.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • He was standing against the bole of a masa'oi tree, leaning on his rifle.
  • Extract from : « The Call Of The South » by Louis Becke
  • The dawn found them still sitting there against the bole of the beech-tree.
  • Extract from : « Fraternity » by John Galsworthy
  • There was no fire at the foot of the tree, for she could see the base of the bole plainly.
  • Extract from : « Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp » by Annie Roe Carr
  • Go down into your bole,—thy deliverer, thy avenger is above.
  • Extract from : « The Robbers » by Friedrich Schiller
  • I heard some of them snap, and a crack appeared in the ground not far from the bole.
  • Extract from : « The Ivory Child » by H. Rider Haggard
  • Silently he swung from bole to bole for a few minutes, and then disappeared.
  • Extract from : « Birds of the Rockies » by Leander Sylvester Keyser
  • The neck in thickness equalled the bole of a moderate-sized tree.
  • Extract from : « Mythical Monsters » by Charles Gould
  • Like the three wanderers in Arden, against the bole of a huge oak.
  • Extract from : « A Day with William Shakespeare » by Maurice Clare

Synonyms for bole

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