bois

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Meaning

1. wood (substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree)
2. wood (wood of a particular species of tree)
3. wood, woodland (forested or wooded area)
4. antler (branching and bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk, normally in pairs)
5. woodwind instrument, woodwind
6. wooden engraving, woodcut
7. wood (type of club)
8. hull

fuel wood

natural forest

philharmonic orchestra

piece of wood

standing timber

wood and charcoal

boise

bois musique

morceau de bois

bois de charpente

fuel domestique

travail du bois

de lit

petit peuplement forestier

parcelle boisée

boueil

instrument à vent en bois

pays boisé

contrée boisée

timberland

substance ligneuse

matière ligneuse

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bwa/

Inherited from Middle French bois, boys, boiz, from Old French bosc, bois, from Late Latin boscus or Vulgar Latin *buscus, from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”). Compare Italian bosco, Spanish bosque, Portuguese bosque, Dutch bos and English bush.