Definition
boughs
noun
- plural of bough; the main branches of a tree
Examples
- The heavy snow caused several boughs to break and fall.
- Birds built their nests in the sturdy boughs of the oak tree.
- The apple tree’s boughs were laden with ripe fruit.
- Wind rustled through the boughs overhead.
- The old tree’s gnarled boughs stretched in all directions.
- Children climbed carefully from bough to bough.
- The storm damaged many of the tree’s lower boughs.