: a branch of a tree
especially
: a main branch
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a tree bough fell on my car during the windstorm
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Even more evergreen than a bough of holly leaves is an adornment that never fades from season to season.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025
In fall, line the stairs with pumpkins; in winter, swap them for pine boughs and holly.
—Angie Hicks, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Ash-brown tatters lofted on pheromones, gypsy moths flutter among boughs and across the meadow
like confetti.
—Rosanna Warren, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
The ceremonial fire, circled by cedar boughs, opened to the east where guests entered to offer prayer by sprinkling tobacco, sage, white cedar and sweetgrass to be burned.
—Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025
In fall, line the stairs with pumpkins; in winter, swap them for pine boughs and holly.
—Angie Hicks, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Ash-brown tatters lofted on pheromones, gypsy moths flutter among boughs and across the meadow
like confetti.
—Rosanna Warren, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
The ceremonial fire, circled by cedar boughs, opened to the east where guests entered to offer prayer by sprinkling tobacco, sage, white cedar and sweetgrass to be burned.
—Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bough
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“Bough.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bough. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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