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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • borrower/ˈbɔɹəʊə/nounB1+2 meaningsSomebody who takes a book out on loan.
  • bosnianounB2The Balkan country of Sarajevo and the old bridge at Mostar.
  • bosnia and herzegovinanounB2Balkan country whose capital is Sarajevo.
  • bosom/ˈbʊz(ə)m/nounB22 meaningsA woman's chest.
  • boss/bɒs/nounA24 meaningsThe person who is in charge of you at work.
  • botany/ˈbɒt.ə.ni/
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The scientific study of plants.
  • botswananounB2+A country in southern Africa.
  • bottle/ˈbɒtəl/nounA12 meaningsA tall container with a narrow neck.
  • bottle banknounB2The public container glass is put in for recycling.
  • bottlenecknounB2+The point where a process is slowed by one stage.
  • bottom/ˈbɒt.əm/nounA23 meaningsThe lowest part of something.
  • bottom bracketnounC1The bearing the pedal cranks turn in.
  • bough/ˈbaʊ̯/nounB2+A large main branch of a tree.
  • boulder/ˈbəʊl.də(ɹ)/nounB1+A very large rock.
  • boulder claynounC2Stony clay left behind by melting ice.
  • boulderingnounC1Climbing short hard problems without a rope.
  • boulevard/ˈbuː.ləˌvɑːd/nounB1+A wide grand city street lined with trees.
  • bounce/baʊns/verbB15 meaningsTo spring back up or away after hitting a surface.
  • bounce ratenounC1What share of visitors left without doing anything.
  • bound/ˈbaʊ̯nd/verbB25 meaningsTo run or move forward in long springy leaps.
  • boundaries/ˈbaʊnd(ə)ɹiz/nounB22 meaningsThe limits you set on what others may ask of you.
  • boundary/ˈbaʊndɹi/nounB22 meaningsA line marking the limit of an area.
  • bounty/ˈbaʊnti/nounB22 meaningsA reward offered for a capture.
  • bouquet/buːˈkeɪ/nounC12 meaningsThe complex smell of a wine.
  • bourgeoisie/ˌbʊə(ɹ)ʒwɑːˈziː/nounC1The property-owning middle class.
  • bout/ˈbaʊt/nounB22 meaningsA short period of an illness, an activity, or a state, which starts and then ends.
  • boutique/buˈtik/nounB2+A small shop selling stylish clothes.
  • boutique hotelnounB2A small stylish hotel with an individual character.
  • bow/ˈbəʊ̯/verbB14 meaningsTo bend the top half of your body forward, as a greeting or to thank an audience. Said like now.
  • bowel/ˈbaʊ.əl/nounB2The intestine, the tube food passes through after the stomach.
  • bower/baʊ.əɹ/nounC2A shady leafy shelter in a garden.
  • bowl/bəʊl/nounA14 meaningsA round, deep dish, open at the top.
  • bowler/ˈbəʊ.lə/nounB2+2 meaningsThe cricketer who delivers the ball to the batter.
  • bowling/ˈbəʊlɪŋ/nounB12 meaningsThe indoor game of rolling a ball to knock down ten pins.
  • bowling alleynounB1The hall of long lanes where you roll balls at pins.
  • bowman/ˈbəʊmən/nounC1A man skilled with a bow and arrow.
  • box/bɒks/nounA12 meaningsA container with straight sides.
  • box office takingsnounB2The money a film earns from tickets.
  • box seatnounC1A small private seating area at the side of a theatre.
  • box setnounB2A complete series sold together in one package.
  • boxer/ˈbɒksə/nounB22 meaningsSomebody who fights with padded gloves as a sport.
  • boxing/ˈbɒksɪŋ/nounB1The sport of fighting with padded gloves in a ring.
  • boy/bɔɪ/nounA12 meaningsA male child.
  • boycott/ˈbɔɪkɒt/nounB2+A refusal to deal with somebody as a protest.
  • boyfriend/ˈbɔɪˌfɹɛnd/nounA1The man or boy somebody is romantically involved with.
  • bra/bɹɑː/nounA2+A garment supporting a woman's chest.
  • brace/bɹeɪs/verbB23 meaningsTo prepare yourself for something unpleasant.
  • brace positionnounC1The posture taken before an emergency landing.
  • bracelet/ˈbɹeɪslət/nounB1A band worn round the wrist as jewellery.
  • bracken/ˈbɹækən/nounC2A coarse fern that grows thickly on open ground.
  • bracket/ˈbɹækɪt/nounB22 meaningsAn L-shaped support fixed to a wall.
  • braggart/ˈbɹæɡɑːt/nounC1Somebody who boasts constantly.
  • braid/bɹeɪd/nounB1+2 meaningsLengths of hair woven over one another.
  • braille/ˈbɹeɪ̯l/nounB2+A writing system of raised dots read by touch.
  • brain/ˈbɹeɪ̯n/nounA22 meaningsThe organ in your head that thinks and remembers.
  • brain fognounC1A dull inability to think clearly.
  • brainstorm/ˈbɹeɪnstɔːm/verbB2+3 meaningsTo produce ideas quickly as a group, without judging them yet.
  • brainteaser/ˈbɹeɪnˌtizɚ/nounB2A puzzle set purely to make you think.
  • brainwashingnounC1The forcing of new beliefs on somebody by relentless pressure.
  • brainwavenounB2+A sudden very good idea.