"BOS" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} BOS
  1. (sports) Abbreviation of Boston. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Boston
    Sense id: en-BOS-en-name-q1TtrE0E Categories (other): Sports Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (Wicca) Initialism of Book of Shadows. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Book of Shadows Derived forms: Bosox
    Sense id: en-BOS-en-name-7C5H7rTh Categories (other): Wicca, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Wicca Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 40 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 19 44 19 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 41 22 22 Disambiguation of Wicca: 0 100 0 0 Topics: Wicca, lifestyle, religion

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} BOS (uncountable)
  1. Initialism of Bohring-Opitz syndrome. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Bohring-Opitz syndrome
    Sense id: en-BOS-en-noun-dstfLq4g
  2. Initialism of Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome
    Sense id: en-BOS-en-noun-5dZ5X1S2
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