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bough

noun as in branch

Strongest match

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A couple of innocuous paragraphs are all that appeared in the privately printed book, The Fruitful Bough.

No man should regard the subject of religion as decided for him until he has read The Golden Bough.

Outside Rome, showing the same ideas at work among neighbouring peoples, was the 'golden bough' in the grove of Diana at Aricia.

A few more shots put an end to its existence, and we then pulled up under the bough on which it was hanging.

Wandering from the parent bough,Little, trembling leaf,Whither goest thou?

The birds were singing, black squirrels were jumping from bough to bough, and they could hear the tapping of the woodpecker.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bough, such as: sprig, arm, fork, limb, offshoot, and shoot.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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