Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boar

/boɹ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.30 in modern English

Syllables: boar
IPA: /boɹ/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.

noun

noun

A male boar (sense 1).

noun

noun

A male guinea pig.

Example Sentences

"And drivers on local roads have encountered traveling boars, which can run at up to 30 miles an hour, according to one local resident, who said a friend’s car collided with a 132-pound animal, totaling the vehicle, as well as killing the boar."
""Bull hogs," or boars, which are uncastrated male pigs, tend to have a dark, gamy flesh not appreciated by everyone."

Etymology

From Middle English bor, boor, from Old English bār, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: bor, bār, *bair

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /boɹ/
British English: /bɔː(ɹ)/

Inflected Forms

boars (plural)

Derived Forms

barling boarback boarfish boarhide boarhound boarish boarlike boarskin wereboar

Phrases

boar hog boar-spear boar taint hedgy-boar herd boar monster boar useless as tits on a boar hog useless as teats on a boar hog

Frequently Paired Words

hog pig swine sow

Synonyms

wild boar sus scrofa

Homonyms

bore Bohr boor (pour–poor merger) boer

Rhymes With

for or your more before four war d'or door store floor anymore

Questions

How do you pronounce boar?: The recorded pronunciation is /boɹ/.
What does boar mean?: A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.
Where does boar come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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