boar

/bɔər/
/bɔ/
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Other forms: boars

Definitions of boar
  1. noun
    an uncastrated male hog
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    type of:
    swine
    stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals
  2. noun
    a wild swine native to Europe, Asia, and Africa with a narrow body and prominent tusks; ancestor of most domestic pigs
    synonyms: Sus scrofa, wild boar
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    type of:
    swine
    stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals
Pronunciation
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/bɔər/
UK
/bɔ/
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