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bough

noun
🔊/baʊ/
🔊/baʊ/
 (formal or literary)
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  1. a large branch of a tree大树枝Topics Plants and treesc2
    Word OriginOld English bōg, bōh ‘bough or shoulder’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boeg ‘shoulders or ship's bow’, German Bug ‘ship's bow’ and ‘horse's hock or shoulder’, also to bow1.