| bongo2 |
a small drum played with the fingers. Bongos come in connected pairs. |
| bonnet |
a cloth hat that is fastened beneath the chin with ribbons. Bonnets were once worn by women but are now worn mainly by babies. [2 definitions] |
| bonus |
a payment added to a person's regular pay as a reward for hard work. |
| bony |
having to do with or looking like bone. [3 definitions] |
| boo |
a word used to express dislike. [4 definitions] |
| book |
sheets of paper bound together between two covers. These pages can be blank or can have writing, printing, or pictures on them. [3 definitions] |
| bookcase |
a set of shelves for holding books. |
| bookkeeper |
the person who keeps the financial records for a business. |
| bookkeeping |
the practice of keeping records of the money taken in and paid out by a business. |
| booklet |
a small book with paper covers; pamphlet. |
| bookmark |
a strip of leather, ribbon, or paper placed between pages to mark a place in a book. |
| bookmobile |
a library located in a bus or van. A bookmobile travels from place to place to lend books. |
| bookshelf |
a shelf for books. |
| bookstore |
A bookstore is a store that sells mainly books. |
| bookworm |
a person who loves to study and read books. [2 definitions] |
| boom1 |
to make a deep, hollow noise. [4 definitions] |
| boom2 |
a long pole that stretches the bottom of a boat's sail and holds it in place. [2 definitions] |
| boomerang |
a curved wooden stick that can be thrown so that it will return to the thrower. Boomerangs are used as hunting weapons by Australian aborigines. |
| boon1 |
something that is a help or benefit. |
| boost |
to raise to a higher position by pushing from below. [5 definitions] |
| booster shot |
an injection of a vaccine given at some time after the first injection. A booster shot continues the protection against disease begun by the earlier injection. |