bose
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 7
- Letters
- 4
/bəʊz/
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/bəʊz/ · /bəʊs/ · /boːs/ · /bəʊs/ (UK) · /boʊs/ (US)
Definition of bose
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
name
- A surname from Bengali.
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name
- A surname from Bengali.
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Synonym of Baise.
“Carry her on your back as far as Bose, / Fleeing there will take seven days on the road.”
verb
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(usually)To strike the ground with an object in order to determine, from the resulting sounds, what lies underground.
“This criticism applies also to bosing in which the ground is thumped with a heavy rammer; over filled-in pits, tombs, […] Bosing is successful where the top-soil is thin and firm, with an unstratified rock such as chalk beneath.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from colloquial Bengali বোস (bōs).
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