Amédée Bollée built one of the first steam-powered automobiles in 1873.
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Boll
//boʊl//
Synonyms for "boll" (49 found)
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Related words (24)
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18 translations across 11 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- բոժոժ noun (the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant)
- սերմնատուփ noun (the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant)
Czech
1 entries- tobolka noun (the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant)
Finnish
2 entries- siemenkota noun (the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant)
- sylkky noun (the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant)
Hawaiian
1 entries- pulu noun (the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant)
Italian
1 entries- capsula noun (the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant)
Māori
1 entries- pukuwhenewhene noun (An excrescence or protuberance growing the trunks of some trees)
Persian
3 entries- غوزه noun (the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant)
- وش noun (the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant)
- کنوزه noun (the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant)
Polish
2 entries- sęk noun (An excrescence or protuberance growing the trunks of some trees)
- torebka noun (the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਟੀਂਡਾ noun (the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant)
Russian
2 entries- коро́бочка noun (the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant)
- семенна́я коро́бочка noun (the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant)
Spanish
2 entries- cápsula noun (the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant)
- vaina noun (the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The boll weevil has long plagued cotton crops.
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Sometimes the slave picks down one side of a row, and back upon the other, but more usually, there is one on either side, gathering all that has blossomed, leaving the unopened bolls for a succeeding picking.
Source: wiktionary
The champion picker of the day before was the hero of the dawn. If he prophesied that the cotton in today’s field was going to be sparse and stick to the bolls like glue, every listener would grunt a hearty agreement.
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