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bosh

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/bɒʃ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/bɑʃ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(bosh)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
bosh1 /bɑʃ/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. nonsense:No one believes that; it's just bosh.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
bosh1  (bosh),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. absurd or foolish talk;
    nonsense.
  • Turkish boş empty; popularized from its use in the novel Ayesha (1834) by British author James J. Morier (1780–1849)
  • 1830–35

bosh2  (bosh),USA pronunciation n. [Metall.]
  1. Metallurgythe section of a blast furnace between the hearth and the stack, having the form of a frustum of an inverted cone. See diag. under blast furnace. 
  • German; akin to German böschen to slope, Böschung slope, scarp
  • probably 1670–80

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bosh /bɒʃ/ n
  1. informal empty or meaningless talk or opinions; nonsense
Etymology: 19th Century: from Turkish boş empty
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