noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:bô
Received-Pronunciation:/bɔː(ɹ)/
General-American:bôr
General-American:/boɹ/
bōrrhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
/bo(ː)ɹ/rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
/boə/non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
homophone: bore
homophone: Bohr
homophone: boor (pour–poor merger)
CMU ARPABET:B AO1 R
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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2
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Meaning 2
A male pig.
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A male boar (sense 1).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A male bear.
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5
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Meaning 5
A male guinea pig.
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6
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Meaning 6
an uncastrated male hog
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: swine
7
noun
Meaning 7
Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wild boar, Sus scrofa
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: swine
History
Etymology
From Middle English bor, boor, from Old English bār, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.
Across languages
Translations
85 source translations are retained for this English entry.
