English Explanatory Dictionary

boll

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
  2. A protuberance or excrescence growing on the trunks of some trees, a burl.
  3. An old dry measure equal to six bushels.
verb
  1. To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
name
  1. A surname from the Germanic languages.
  2. A surname from German.
  3. A surname from Danish.

Pronunciation

/bɒl/ /bəʊl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-boll.wav /boʊl/

Word forms

boll bolls bolling bolled Boell

Etymology

From Middle English bolle (“pod; shell”) and Middle Dutch bolle (“round object”), from Frankish *bollo, all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bullô (“round object; bowl”). More at bowl.

Derived words

boll weevil bollworm cotton boll throat-boll
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