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boughless

boughless

9.3
A tree with no large branches
  • adjective
  • /ˈbaʊləs/
translation icon : sin ramas
  • Winter revealed the boughless silhouette of the tree against the pale sky.

Examples

  • The old willow stood boughless after the storm had broken its branches.

  • A boughless trunk provided little shade on the exposed hillside.

  • The boughless tree stood alone in the field.

  • Why does that tree look so boughless?

  • The boughless trunk provided little shade on the exposed hillside.

  • The old willow stood boughless after the storm had broken its branches.

  • Winter revealed the boughless silhouette of the tree against the pale sky.

Synonyms

branchless
vsboughless
4.9

A tree or plant with no branches

lacks only large branches on trees rather than all branches

How Branchy

bushy
22 1.3
branchy
1 5.1
boughless
9.3

Surface Forms

boughless positive

Morphology

boughless = bough (transparent) = bough + less

Meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'bough' + '-less' = 'without large branches'.

Etymology

Boughless comes from bough, an old word for a large 'branch', and the ending -less, which means 'without', like in hopeless. So a boughless tree is simply a tree 'without' big branches.