boa

Other forms of boa

plural

boas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about boa

What does boa mean?

boa means "a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in boa?

boa has 2 syllables: bo-a. The stress falls on "bo". In IPA it is /ˈboʊə/.

What is another word for boa?

Close synonyms include feather boa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is boa a common word?

boa is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with boa?

1 word rhymes with boa. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.