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BOULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does boule mean? 

BOULE (noun)
  The noun BOULE has 1 sense:

1. an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetworkplay

  Familiarity information: BOULE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOULE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

boule; boulle; buhl

Hypernyms ("boule" is a kind of...):

embellishment (a superfluous ornament)


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