boar

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States
  2. noun an uncastrated male hog

Etymology

From Middle English bor, boor, from Old English bār, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.

In classic literature

Synonyms

wild boar, Sus scrofa

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