bough

1. 1.

   any of the larger branches of a tree

   Broaderlimb

Other forms of bough

plural

boughs·

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 bough

What does bough mean?

bough means "any of the larger branches of a tree".

How many syllables are in bough?

bough has 1 syllable: bough. In IPA it is /ˈbaʊ/.

Is bough a common word?

bough is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.