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Definition of Bole

1. Noun. A soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment).

2. Noun. The main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber.

3. Noun. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.

Definition of Bole

1. n. The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.

2. n. An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet.

3. n. A measure. See Boll, n., 2.

4. n. Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances. It was formerly used in medicine. It is composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. See Clay, and Terra alba.

Definition of Bole

1. Noun. The trunk or stem of a tree. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bole

1. a fine clay [n -S]

Medical Definition of Bole

1. The trunk of a tree, below the lowest branch. Compare: canopy. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bole

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boldoglucin bolds boldu boldus boldyrevite bole (current term) bolection bolections boleite bolero

boleros boles boletate boletates bolete boletes boleti boletic boletic acid boletus

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