boma.
An enclosure usually made of thorn bushes, and latterly of steel fencing, for protection from marauders.
Meaning & usage
An enclosure usually made of thorn bushes, and latterly of steel fencing, for protection from marauders.
A stockade made of bushes and thorns.
A hide.
A hut.
A military or police post or magistracy.
A type of fertilizer rich in animal dung.
A method of composting in which animals are bedded on the material before it is used, allowing it to gather urine and dung.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Swahili boma (“enclosure, fortified outpost”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.