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ouquet of spring flowers for her birthday. 2 aroma, scent,
odour, fragrance, perfume: This '83 burgundy certainly has a
fine bouquet. 3 compliment(s), praise, commendation: Mrs
Campbell received many bouquets for her performances.
bourgeois adj. 1 middle-class, conventional, philistine, capitalistic,
propertied; materialistic, greedy, money-grubbing, money-hungry:
The yuppies constitute the modern bourgeois element in society.
2 working-class, proletarian, plebeian: In his bourgeois mind,
he had only his labour to offer.
bout n. 1 turn, round, time, occasion, spell, period, session: He's
just got over a bout of pneumonia. 2 chance, spree, stint,
opportunity, innings: We had long planned this bout of
shopping. 3 contest, match, boxing-match, prizefight, meet,
set-to, struggle, encounter, engagement; duel: A bout has been
arranged between the heavyweight champion of the world and a
challenger from Puerto Rico.
bow n. 1 nod; curtsy or curtsey, salaam, kowtow, genuflection,
prostration, obeisance: We all bowed respectfully before the
emperor.
--v. 2 defer, yield, submit, give in, bend, bow down,
capitulate: I bow to your greater knowledge of the subject. 3
bend, incline, lower: The servants bowed their heads when the
master entered. 4 weigh down, crush, overload, bend down,
burden: Michael was bowed down by the responsibilities of his
new family. 5 nod, curtsy or curtsey, salaam, kowtow,
genuflect, prostrate oneself, salaam, make obeisance: The
natives bowed as the king passed by.
bowels n. interior, insides, depths; heart, centre, core, intestines,
viscera, vitals, belly, gut, Colloq innards, guts: We descended
the shaft into the very bowels of the earth. She hates me, I can
feel it in my bowels.
bowl° v. move, trundle, wheel, roll, spin: We saw him in his car,
bowling along at about 40.
bowlý n. dish; basin, pan: She brought me a bowl of cereal.
box° n. 1 case, receptacle, crate, carton, container, casket,