: a branch of a tree
especially
: a main branch
Examples of bough in a Sentence
a tree bough fell on my car during the windstorm
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With a bow and arrow, the tension in an arched bough of wood is exploited to propel a missile for great distances and slash through barriers.
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Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2025
Within a few decades, those trees will have grown pretty big, and the forest will look much like a forest once again, with birds singing among the shade of the boughs.
—Ethan Freedman, Popular Science, 29 Jan. 2025
Finally, the adult male made his way down to the elbow of a descending bough to survey us.
—Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
Hollywood's biggest names decked the halls with boughs of holly and enjoyed the Christmas holiday on Wednesday.
—Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024
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Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2025
Within a few decades, those trees will have grown pretty big, and the forest will look much like a forest once again, with birds singing among the shade of the boughs.
—Ethan Freedman, Popular Science, 29 Jan. 2025
Finally, the adult male made his way down to the elbow of a descending bough to survey us.
—Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
Hollywood's biggest names decked the halls with boughs of holly and enjoyed the Christmas holiday on Wednesday.
—Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024
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 28 May. 2025.
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