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  • Did you mean one of the following: base, basse, bassin, basson, boisé, boisseau, boisson, passe, passé, pois, poison, poisson?
  • The form bois could be from the present tense of the verb boire

1 bois Noun, masculine

How to pronounce bois

(a) (substance) wood; de ~ chair made of wood, wooden leg, timber frame; (fig) impassive face; en ~ wooden furniture, building, wood hut; maison en ~ rond log house; chèque en ~ rubber cheque, dud cheque; ~ dur hardwood; ~ de charpente, ~ de construction, ~ de menuiserie, ~ d'oeuvre timber; ~ à brûler firewood; (fig) être du ~ dont on fait les flûtes to be a push-over, be any man's fool; (fig) faire flèche de tout ~ to be a man of many means; je leur ferai voir de quel ~ je me chauffe! I'll give them what for!, I'll show them!; "touchons du ~", "touchez du ~" "touch wood";

~ blanc whitewood; ~ de chauffage firewood; ~ d'ébène black gold; ~ exotique exotic wood; ~ mort deadwood; petit ~ kindling; ~ rond log; ~ de rose rosewood; train de ~ raft timber; ~ vert green wood; (for woodwork) unseasoned timber, green timber

See also: acajou, chêne, hêtre, pin

(b) shaft, handle; (more generally) woodcut;

~ de lit bedstead

(c) deer's antler

(d) (Music) woodwind instrument; les ~ the woodwind, the woodwind section

See also:

(e) (Sport: Golf) wood; (Tennis) faire un ~ to hit the ball off the wood

Terms from the DGT glossary

French termEnglish term
Composés organochlorés de protection du boisorganochlorinated wood preservatives
Composés organométalliques de protection du boisorganometallic wood preservatives
Composés inorganiques de protection du boisinorganic wood preservatives
Emballages en boiswooden
Sciure de boissawdust
Boiswood
Déchets de boisWood wastes
Déchets de sciures et copeaux de boisSawdust and shavings
Autres déchets de boisOther wood wastes
Disque en boisWooden disc
Fins BoisFins Bois
Bois longs résineuxConiferous long timber
Bois de chauffage feuillusFirewood (leaf)
Produits de protection du boisWood preservatives
Bois brutWood in the rough
Plaquettes et particules de boisWood in chips or particles
Sciures et déchets de boisSawdust and wood waste and scrap
Bâtiments préfabriqués en boisPrefabricated wooden buildings
Emballages en boisWooden containers
Charbon de boisWood charcoal
Mobilier de bureau en boisWooden furniture of a kind used in offices
Imprégnation de surfaces en boisWood impregnation
Stratification de bois et de plastiqueWood and plastic lamination
Autres produits de protection du boisOther wood preservatives

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