Bosh

Quick meaning: Bosh is a noun meaning The lower part of a blast furnace, between the hearth and the stack.

Meaning

The lower part of a blast furnace, between the hearth and the stack.

More Meanings

1. (British, chiefly Norfolk, slang, archaic) A figure.
2. (British) An expression of speedy and satisfactory completion of a simple or straightforward task.
3. (UK, slang, transitive) To consume (illicit drugs).
4. A fiddle (musical instrument).
5. (chiefly British) Nonsense.
6. (chiefly British) An expression of disbelief or annoyance.

Example Sentences

to cut a bosh — "to make a figure"

"Why, it's absolute bosh from beginning to end."

"Bosh!" said the Vicar, rejecting the hint altogether.

Tho' hundreds cheer his blatant bosh, He's but a goose for a' that.

Word Forms

• boshes
• boshing
• boshed

Synonyms for bosh

Depending on context, synonyms include blatherskite, hogwash, malarkey, fiddlesticks, horsefeathers, boom.

Related Words

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