borscht /boijt; NAmE boirjt/ (BrE also borsch
/baij-; NAmE boirJV) noun [U] a Russian or Polish soup made from beetroot (= a dark red root vegetable)
() mmm
borstal /'boistl; /MmE 'boirstl/ noun [C, U] (in
borzoi /'boizoi; NAmE 'bair-/ noun a large Russian dog with soft white hair
bos-ber-aad /'bDsbarait; 'bo:s-; ’ba:s-/ noun {SAfrE) a meeting of business leaders, politicians, etc. at a place that is a
long way from a town, in order to discuss important matters (
IX#J ) SrA^riA
bosom /'buzam/ noun 1 [C] a woman’s chest or breasts
AA#Jl&l£P ( ) : her ample bosom
0 She pressed him to her bosom.
MMMi&ftMtllJSfElfc] HU o 2 [C] the part of a piece of clothing that covers
a woman’s bosom a rose pinned to
her bosom ±13 the ~ of sth [sing.]
a situation in
which you are with people who love and protect you g B W AfE—
: to live in the bosom of your family
,bosom 'friend {NAmE also .bosom 'buddy) noun a very close
friend B
bos omy /'buzami/ oof/. (old-fashioned, BrE, informal) (of a woman A A) having large breasts
boss 0-w /bDs; NAmE bo:s/ noun, verb, adj. mnoun 1 a person who is in charge of other people at work and tells them what
to do IA; 4$3E: I’ll
ask my boss if I can have the day off. H
|b] —; "F ^
0/ like being my own boss (= working for myself and making my own
decisions).
ietito 0
Who’s the boss (= who’s in control) in this house?
2 (informal) a person who is in charge of a large
organization & JS; If: the new boss at IBM Hf
ill A ^ (g ®r IS If 0
Hospital
bosses protested at the decision. iT*T77i see show v.
m verb [VN] ~ sb (about/around) to tell sb what to do in an aggressive and/or
annoying way Xf ( ^A )
I’m sick of you bossing me around! ifflPo
■ adj. {slang) very good ill##}
bossa nova /.bosa 'nauva; NAmE ,bo:sa 'nouva/ noun [u, C] a style of
Brazilian popular music
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bossy /'br>si; NAmE 'ba:si/ adj. (disapproving) always telling people what to do £F jf jf Afft;
-ifHt ► bossily adv. bossiness noun [U]
bossy-boots /'bosibuits; NAmE 'ba:s-/ noun {pi. bossy- boots) {informal, disapproving) a person who
always tells people what they should do H A (g A;
WA
.Boston baked 'beans noun [pi.] {NAmE) = baked beans
bo-sun (also bo’sun,
boat-swain) /'baosn; NAmE 'bou-/ noun an officer on a ship whose job is to take care of the equipment and the
people who work on the ship
bot /but; NAmE bait/ noun {computing if) a computer program that performs a particular task again and again many times
^AfllfgA; g#; tt^A© botan ic al /ba'taemkl/ adj. connected with the science of botany
bo.tanical 'garden (also bo.tanic
garden) noun [usually pi.] a park where plants, trees and flowers are grown for scientific study
bot-an-ist /'botanist; NAmE 'bait-/ noun a scientist who studies botany il
bot any /'botani; NAmE 'bait-/ noun [u] the scientific study of plants and
their structure It ^9 ^ — compare biology(I),
zoology botch /buff; NAmE baitSf verb, noun m verb [VN] ~ sth (up) (informal) to spoil sth by doing it