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bosh

bosh
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bosh]
    • /bɒʃ/
    • /bɒʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bosh]
    • /bɒʃ/

Definitions of bosh word

  • noun bosh empty or meaningless talk or opinions; nonsense 3
  • noun bosh the lower tapering portion of a blast furnace, situated immediately above the air-inlet tuyères 3
  • noun bosh the deposit of siliceous material that occurs on the surfaces of vessels in which copper is refined 3
  • noun bosh a water tank for cooling glass-making tools, etc 3
  • noun bosh a kitchen sink or wash basin 3
  • noun bosh nonsense 3

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Origin of bosh

First appearance:

before 1830
One of the 36% newest English words
1830-35; < Turkish boş empty; popularized from its use in the novel Ayesha (1834) by British author James J. Morier (1780-1849)

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Parts of speech for Bosh

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

bosh popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% 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".

bosh usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for bosh

noun bosh

  • bunk — A bunk is a bed that is fixed to a wall, especially in a ship or caravan.
  • baloney — If you say that an idea or statement is baloney, you disapprove of it and think it is foolish or wrong.
  • hooey — silly or worthless talk, writing, ideas, etc.; nonsense; bunk: That's a lot of hooey and you know it!
  • cant — a salient angle.
  • rigmarole — an elaborate or complicated procedure: to go through the rigmarole of a formal dinner.

Antonyms for bosh

noun bosh

  • sense — any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body: My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready.
  • truth — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.

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