Bough vs. Limb

Bough vs. Limb — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Bough and Limb

Boughnoun

A firm branch of a tree.

When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall.

Limbnoun

A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).

Boughnoun

The gallows.

Limbnoun

A branch of a tree.

Boughnoun

any of the larger branches of a tree

Limbnoun

(archery) The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.

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Limbnoun

An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.

Limbnoun

A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.

Limbnoun

(astronomy) The apparent visual edge of a celestial body.

solar limb

Limbnoun

(on a measuring instrument) The graduated edge of a circle or arc.

Limbnoun

(botany) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal; blade.

Limbverb

(transitive) To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree).

They limbed the felled trees before cutting them into logs.
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Limbverb

(transitive) To supply with limbs.

Limbnoun

one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper

Limbnoun

any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree

Limbnoun

(astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet

Limbnoun

either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip;

the upper limb of the bow

Limbnoun

the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles;

the limb of the sextant

Limbnoun

any projection that is thought to resemble an arm;

the arm of the record playeran arm of the seaa branch of the sewer