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

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  • borderline/ˈboɹ.dɚˌlaɪn/nounB2The point at which one condition shades into another.
  • bore/bɔː/verbB14 meaningsTo make a deep round hole by drilling or digging.
  • borrow/ˈbɒɹəʊ/verbA23 meaningsTo take something belonging to someone else for a while and give it back later.
  • borrower/ˈbɔɹəʊə/nounB1+2 meaningsSomebody who takes a book out on loan.
  • bosnianounB2The Balkan country of Sarajevo and the old bridge at Mostar.
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Balkan country whose capital is Sarajevo.
  • bosom/ˈbʊz(ə)m/nounB22 meaningsA woman's chest.
  • bossy/ˈbɔsi/adjectiveB2Always telling other people what to do.
  • bottle banknounB2The public container glass is put in for recycling.
  • bottomless/ˈbɒtəm.ləs/adjectiveB2So deep that no floor can be found.
  • bounce/baʊns/verbB15 meaningsTo spring back up or away after hitting a surface.
  • bouncy/ˈbaʊnsi/adjectiveB2Springing back readily, or full of lively energy.
  • 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.
  • bout/ˈbaʊt/nounB22 meaningsA short period of an illness, an activity, or a state, which starts and then ends.
  • 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.
  • bowl/bəʊl/nounA14 meaningsA round, deep dish, open at the top.
  • bowling/ˈbəʊlɪŋ/nounB12 meaningsThe indoor game of rolling a ball to knock down ten pins.
  • box/bɒks/nounA12 meaningsA container with straight sides.
  • box office takingsnounB2The money a film earns from tickets.
  • box setnounB2A complete series sold together in one package.
  • boxer/ˈbɒksə/nounB22 meaningsSomebody who fights with padded gloves as a sport.
  • brace/bɹeɪs/verbB23 meaningsTo prepare yourself for something unpleasant.
  • bracket/ˈbɹækɪt/nounB22 meaningsAn L-shaped support fixed to a wall.
  • brag/bɹæɡ/verbB2To boast in an irritating way.
  • 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.
  • brake padnounB2The block that presses against the wheel to slow it.
  • brand/ˈbɹænd/nounB13 meaningsThe name and identity a company gives its products.
  • brand dealnounB2An agreement to promote a company's products.
  • brand guidelinesnounB2The rules for how a brand may be used and shown.
  • brass/bɹɑːs/nounB13 meaningsA bright yellow metal made from copper and zinc.
  • brat/bɹæt/nounB2A badly behaved child.
  • brave/bɹeɪv/adjectiveB12 meaningsReady to face danger, pain or fear rather than avoid it.
  • brawl/bɹɔːl/nounB2A rough noisy fight involving several people.
  • breach/ˈbɹiːt͡ʃ/verbB23 meaningsTo break the terms of an agreement or rule.
  • breadth/bɹɛdθ/nounB2+2 meaningsHow broad something is across.
  • break a legphraseB2What actors say to wish each other good luck.
  • break downphraseB12 meaningsOf a machine or vehicle, to stop working.
  • break inphraseB14 meaningsTo force your way into a building, usually to steal.
  • break intophraseB22 meaningsTo enter a building or vehicle by force.
  • break outphraseB22 meaningsTo escape from confinement.
  • break the bankphraseB2To cost more than you can possibly afford.
  • break the ice/ˈbɹeɪk ði ˈaɪs/phraseB2To say something that melts the awkwardness between strangers.
  • break the newsphraseB2To be the one who tells somebody something important, and usually bad.
  • break-in/ˈbɹeɪkˌɪn/nounB2The forcing of a way into a building to steal.
  • breakdown/ˈbɹeɪkdaʊn/nounC14 meaningsA failure that stops a vehicle or machine working.
  • breaker/ˈbɹeɪkə/nounB22 meaningsA wave that curls over and collapses.
  • breaking newsnounB2A big story being reported the moment it happens.
  • breakoutnounB2+3 meaningsAn escape from a prison or other closed place.
  • breakup/ˈbɹeɪk.ʌp/nounB2The ending of a relationship or of a group.
  • breast/bɹɛst/nounB12 meaningsThe upper front part of the body, or the meat from it.
  • breathe/bɹiːð/verbA22 meaningsTo take air into the lungs and let it out again.
  • breathless/ˈbɹɛθləs/adjectiveB22 meaningsOut of breath.
  • breed/ˈbɹiːd/nounB2A particular variety of a domestic animal.