boom
Definitions of boom
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a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiospermssynonyms: leest, schoenleesttypes:lindehoutany of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timberberkany betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling barklaurierbesWest Indian tree; source of bay rumvijg, vijgeboom, vijgenboomany moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when matureiep, iepeboom, iepehout, iepenboom, iepenhout, olmany of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade treesbraziel, pernambukhouttropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetrypalissander, palissanderhout, rozehout, rozenhoutany of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with blackperubalsemtree of South and Central America yielding an aromatic balsamankerblad, handpalm, palmany plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaveskoffie, koffieboom, koffieheester, koffieplantany of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beansmahonie, mahoniehoutany of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polishsatijnhoutEast Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood;peper, peperboom, peperplant, peperstruiksmall African deciduous tree with spreading crown having leaves clustered toward ends of branches and clusters of creamy flowers resembling lilacspeper, peperboom, peperplant, peperstruiksmall Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruitsbalatuma tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timberplataanany of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruitsdjatihout, teak, teakhouttall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable woodlaurierany of various aromatic trees of the laurel familytulpboom, tulpeboom, tulpenboomtall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit; yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet workkapokmassive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fibercacaotropical American tree producing cacao beanszilverberkEuropean birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping brancheseucalyptusoliea tree of the genus Eucalyptusmangrove, mangrovebos, rizofoor, strandbos, vloedbos, wortelbooma tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land buildingficuslarge tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubberkurkiep, kurkolmlarge ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North Americatamarindevruchtlong-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulpklapper, klapperboom, kokosboom, kokospalmtall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropicskina, kinaboomsmall tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers; cultivated for its medicinal barkacajouAfrican tree having hard heavy odorless woodkwassiehouthandsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and barkschietwilg, schotwilglarge willow tree of Eurasia and North Africa having greyish canescent leaves and grey barkpeppel, populierany of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkinsahorn, esdoornany of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zonekornoeljea tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowersnaaldboomany gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing conesscheepsbeschuita mountain mahogany
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a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weaponsynonyms: bovenlat, doellat, dwarsligger, stangtypes:magneetkerna bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coilhandspaaka metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a leverharpa U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a barrail, ral, spoor, spoorbaan, spoorlijn, spoorrail, spoorstaaf, spoorwega bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can rollhanentred, hanetred, hanetred(e), pedaal, trapper, voetpedaala lever that is operated with the footveiligheidsslota bolt that cannot be moved from outside the door or gatetype of:
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any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooringsynonyms: hengel, microfoonhengel
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a movable barrier in a fence or wallsynonyms: hek, toegangshektypes:valhekgate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passageachterdeurtje, ontsnappingsmogelijkheid, zij-ingang, zijinganga small gate in the rear of a fort or castleebdeura gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loadingdraaihek, klaphek, tourniqueta gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering
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a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plasticsynonyms: paal, pols, polsstok, springstoktypes:skistoka pole with metal points used as an aid in skiinghengel, microfoonhengelany of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooringemplacement, ra, rangeeremplacement, rangeerterrein, spoorwegemplacement, stationsemplacementa long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
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a figure that branches from a single rootsynonyms: boomdiagram, boomstructuur
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