Definition of bough

"bough" in the noun sense

1. bough

any of the larger branches of a tree

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Quotations for bough

Like the bird be thou,
That for a moment rests
Upon the topmost bough:
He feels the branch to bend
And yet as sweetly sings,
Knowing that he has wings. [ Victor Hugo ]

The wild bee reels from bough to bough
With his furry coat and his gauzy wing.
Now in a lily cup, and now
Setting a jacinth bell a-swing.
In his wandering. [ Oscar Wilde ]

Sweet is the rose, but grows upon a brere;
Sweet is the juniper, but sharp his bough;
Sweet is the eglantine, but sticketh nere;
Sweet is the firbloome, but its branches rough;
Sweet is the cypress, but its rynd is tough;
Sweet is the nut, but bitter is his pill;
Sweet is the broome-flowre, but yet sowre enough;
And sweet is moly, but his root is ill.
[ Spenser ]

It is a strange wood that has never a dead bough in it. [ Proverb ]

The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come. [ Dante ]

bough in Scrabble®

The word bough is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters bough:

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bough in Words With Friends™

The word bough is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters bough:

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Words within the letters of bough

2 letter words in bough (3 words)

3 letter words in bough (7 words)

5 letter words in bough (1 word)

bough + 1 blank (2 words)

bough + 2 blanks (2 words)

Words containing the sequence bough

Words that start with bough (3 words)

Words that end with bough (1 word)

Word Growth involving bough

Shorter words in bough

ugh

Longer words containing bough

boughs

bought outbought

bought overbought

bought rebought prebought

bought rebought storebought storeboughten

bought unbought

bought underbought