Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An inclosure of bushes, thorn, or stakes formed as a protection for a camp or village.
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- noun An
enclosure usually made of thorn bushes, and latterly of steel fencing, for protection frommarauders . - noun A
stockade made of bushes and thorns. - noun A
hide . - noun A
hut . - noun East African A military or police post or
magistracy . - noun A type of
fertilizer rich in animal dung. - noun A method of
composting .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Since then, the Bantu term boma has been used to describe any kind of fence, from a colonial fortress to a makeshift shelter.
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Since then, the Bantu term boma has been used to describe any kind of fence, from a colonial fortress to a makeshift shelter.
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We surrounded the perimeter of our camp under the tower with what the locals call boma cloth, or game capture netting, an opaque shade cloth that animals view as a solid object.
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We surrounded the perimeter of our camp under the tower with what the locals call boma cloth, or game capture netting, an opaque shade cloth that animals view as a solid object.
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We surrounded the perimeter of our camp under the tower with what the locals call boma cloth, or game capture netting, an opaque shade cloth that animals view as a solid object.
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We surrounded the perimeter of our camp under the tower with what the locals call boma cloth, or game capture netting, an opaque shade cloth that animals view as a solid object.
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To baraka boma as the potential to becoming the next president, because we know that he hasn't done nearly as many drugs as the W did.
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As we waited for Nkunda to arrive on our first evening at the camp, we were led to a "boma," an open sided hut topped by woven banana leaves where rebel officers - some in camouflage, others in track suits and flip flops - offered chunks of local cheese and hot milk.
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That evening they fared sumptuously upon venison, and as on the previous day lay down to rest in a little "boma" or fence made of boughs.
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In this glade the camp had been built, surrounded by a "boma" or palisade of rough wood, within which stood two tents and some native shelters made of tall grass and boughs.
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