Meaning & use
Boughs
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The main branches of a tree.
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Snow settled heavily on the boughs of the pine trees.
They decorated the mantel with holly boughs for the holidays.
A note on using this word
"Bough" specifically refers to a larger, main branch of a tree, as distinct from a smaller twig, and appears often in poetry and traditional songs (e.g., "when the bough breaks").
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brancheslimbs
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