bole
pronunciation
How to pronounce bole in British English:
UK [bəʊl]
How to pronounce bole in American English:
US [boʊl]
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- Noun:
- a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)
- the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
Word Origin
- bole (n.)
- early 14c., from Old Norse bolr "tree trunk," from Proto-Germanic *bulas (cognates: Middle Dutch bolle "trunk of a tree"), from PIE *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (cognates: Greek phyllon "leaf," phallos "swollen penis;" Latin flos "flower," florere "to blossom, flourish," folium "leaf;" Old Prussian balsinis "cushion;" Old Norse belgr "bag, bellows;" Old English bolla "pot, cup, bowl;" Old Irish bolgaim "I swell," blath "blossom, flower," bolach "pimple," bolg "bag;" Breton bolc'h "flax pod;" Serbian buljiti "to stare, be bug-eyed;" Serbo-Croatian blazina "pillow").
Example
- 1. Zhejiang bole furniture co. , ltd ( kerry gagne )
- 2. Shanghai traditional chinese medicine university intern hospital ( bole road )
- 3. Trees to 25 m tall , d.b.h. to 60 cm , bole straight but buttressed in larger individuals .
- 4. Beijing century bole study service company .
- 5. Bell effect requirements and strategies have bole leader to spirit , unit and collective priority , eye just just just just know , to promote employment ability , dare to use than yourself , positive for talented subordinates create opportunities .