boll
IPA: bˈoʊɫ
noun
- The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
- A protuberance or excrescence growing on the trunks of some trees, a burl.
- (Scotland) An old dry measure equal to six bushels.
- A surname from the Germanic languages.
- A surname from German.
- A surname from Danish.
verb
- To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
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Examples of "boll" in Sentences
- The film was directed by Uwe Boll.
- The boll weevils had eaten it all.
- I hear that Uwe Boll is in the running.
- He made the boll weevil and mounted it atop the statue.
- Back problems hampered Boll during the first half of 2004.
- Miccosukee thrived until the boll weevil infestation of 1918.
- Uwe Boll is hoping for this movie to be done by the end of 2010.
- Before the film started Boll emphasized the brutality of the film.
- Gruene began a decline with the boll weevilqv blight of the 1920s.
- Cotton cultivation peaked in the 1930s, before boll weevils ravaged the crop.
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