Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bawr, bohr]
- /bɔr, boʊr/
- /bɔːr/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [bawr, bohr]
- /bɔr, boʊr/
Definitions of boar word
- countable noun boar A boar or a wild boar is a wild pig. 3
- countable noun boar A boar is a male pig. 3
- noun boar an uncastrated male pig 3
- noun boar a mature uncastrated male pig 3
- noun boar wild boar 3
- noun boar the uncastrated male swine. 1
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Origin of boar
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English boor, Old English bār; cognate with Dutch beer, Old High German bêr < West Germanic *baira-, perhaps akin to Welsh baedd
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Parts of speech for Boar
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
boar popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
boar usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for boar
noun boar
- swine — any stout, cloven-hoofed artiodactyl of the Old World family Suidae, having a thick hide sparsely covered with coarse hair, a disklike snout, and an often short, tasseled tail: now of worldwide distribution and hunted or raised for its meat and other products. Compare hog, pig1 , wild boar.
- sow — to scatter (seed) over land, earth, etc., for growth; plant.
- piglet — a little pig.
- razorback — a finback or rorqual.
- shoat — Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
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