bonny (also bonnie) /'boni; NAmE 'baini/ adj. (bon nier, bon ni est) {dialect, especially Scoff) very pretty; attract­ive W !& A W: a bonny baby/lass

bonsai

bon sai /'bonsai; NAmE 'bain-/ noun {pi. bonsai) 1 [C] a small tree that is grown in a pot and prevented from reaching its normal size & H 2 [U] the Japanese art of growing bonsai 0

bon sella /bon'sela; NAmE bain-/ noun {SAfrE, informal) something that you receive as a present or reward, especially money 3£rp; ( bonus /'baunas; NAmE 'boo-/ noun {pi -es) 1 an extra amount of money that is added to a payment, espe­cially to sb’s wages as a reward ; £IfiJ:           a £100

Christmas bonus * 100        0 productivity

bonuses  2 anything pleasant that is extra and

more or better than you were expecting M ^     $£ :

Being able to walk to work is an added bonus of the new job.      —see

alSO NO-CLAIMS BONUS

bon viv-ant /,bn vii'vb; NAmE ,bain vii'vaint/ (also bon viv eur /-’V3i(r)/) noun (from French) a person who enjoys going out with friends and eating good food, drinking good wine, etc.

bon voy-age /,bnn voi'ai3; NAmE ,bain/ exclamation (from French) said to sb who is leaving on a journey, to wish them a good journey

bony /'baoni; NAmE 'bouni/ adj. 1 (of a person or part of the body AuKA^hMja) very thin so that the bones can be seen under the skin   2 (of fish H) full of

small bones           3 consisting of or like bone & #

bonze /bnnz; NAmE bainz/ noun a Japanese or Chinese Buddhist monk ( 0         ) fn$i, j^A

bon zer /'bDnza(r); NAmE 'bain-/ adj. {AustralE, NZE, informal) excellent         UWtf)

boo /bui/ exclamation, noun, verb

m exclamation, noun 1 a sound that people make to show that they do not like an actor, speaker, etc. ( M.

## A7K A‘Boo!’ they shouted, ‘Get off!’ “ A! ” Ml A r 9$ 31,       “ MT A! • ” o The speech was

greeted with loud boos from the audience.

— Jr o 2 people shout Boo! when they want to surprise or frighten sb    ITiTMl see

say v.

■ verb to show that you do not like a person, perform­ance, idea, etc. by shouting ‘boo’ ( $■••• )      “if'J

^: [V] The audience booed as she started her speech.

o [VN] He was booed

offthestage.

boob /buib/ noun, verb

a noun 1 {slang) a woman’s breast ( AA#J ) ?U*r 2 (BrE, informal) a stupid mistake      I made a bit of a

boob throwing that file away. 3BT ^ MII          , IE

ffl&XW&iWTo 3 {NAmE) a stupid person fg/Tv; MVt m verb [V] {informal) to make a stupid mistake $11M M $}

' boo-boo noun 1 {informal) a stupid mistake M ft (HJ ^h ij|: I think I’ve made a boo-boo.     ^ M It

^ o 2 {NAmE) a child’s word for a small cut or injury UUUflit)/Jv05P,