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soboles

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsɑbəˌliz/ "shoot, sucker"
  • /ˈsoʊ.boʊˌliz/ "shoot, sucker"
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • plural: /ˈsoʊˌboʊlz/ of sobole
  • plural: /ˈsoʊˌbɑlz/ of sobole
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A shoot that runs along underground and forms new plants at short distances.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A sucker, as of a tree or shrub.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

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3

noun

Meaning 3

plural of sobole

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin sobolēs.