Index of English words, starting with "bo"

(1) - Bo (interj.) An exclamation used to startle or frighten.

(1) - Boa (n.) A long, round fur tippet; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the boa constrictor.
(2) - Boa (n.) A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B. imperator), and the chevalier boa of Peru (B. eques).

(1) - Boar (n.) The uncastrated male of swine; specifically, the wild hog.

(1) - Board (n.) The stretch which a ship makes in one tack.
(2) - Board (n.) A table to put food upon.
(3) - Board (n.) Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board.
(4) - Board (n.) A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc.
(5) - Board (n.) A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board.
(6) - Board (n.) Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.
(7) - Board (n.) The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.
(8) - Board (n.) A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.
(9) - Board (n.) The side of a ship.
(10) - Board (v. t.) To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo.
(11) - Board (v. t.) To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house.
(12) - Board (n.) To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.
(13) - Board (n.) To enter, as a railway car.
(14) - Board (n.) To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals.
(15) - Board (n.) To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.
(16) - Board (v. i.) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.
(17) - Board (n.) The border or side of anything.

(1) - Boarder (n.) One who boards a ship; one selected to board an enemy's ship.
(2) - Boarder (n.) One who has food statedly at another's table, or meals and lodgings in his house, for pay, or compensation of any kind.