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2 N‑COUNT A booth in a restaurant or café consists of a table with long fixed seats on two or sometimes three sides of it. □  They sat in a corner booth, away from other diners.

boot|lace /buː tle I s/ (bootlaces ) N‑COUNT [usu pl] A bootlace is a long thin cord which is used to fasten a boot.

boot|leg /buː tleg/ (bootlegs , bootlegging , bootlegged )

1 ADJ [ADJ n] Bootleg is used to describe something that is made secretly and sold illegally. □  …a bootleg recording of the band's tour of Scandinavia. □  …bootleg liquor.

2 VERB To bootleg something such as a recording means to make and sell it illegally. □ [V n] He has sued a fan for bootlegging his concerts. □ [V -ed] Avid Bob Dylan fans treasure bootlegged recordings. ● N‑COUNT Bootleg is also a noun. □  The record was a bootleg. ●  boot|leg|ger (bootleggers ) N‑COUNT □  Bootleggers sold 75 million dollars-worth of copies.

boot|strap /buː tstræp/ (bootstraps , bootstrapping , bootstrapped )

1 VERB If you bootstrap an organization or an activity, you set it up or achieve it alone, using very few resources. □  Peterson bootstrapped the company himself, and hopes to continue without outside funding.

2 VERB If one thing is bootstrapped to another, it is attached to or associated with it. □  This command ensures that the software is bootstrapped to the correct system.

3 PHRASE If you have pulled yourself up by your bootstraps , you have achieved success by your own efforts, starting from very difficult circumstances and without help from anyone.

boo|ty /buː ti/

1 N‑UNCOUNT Booty is a collection of valuable things stolen from a place, especially by soldiers after a battle. □  Troops destroyed the capital and confiscated many works of art as war booty.

2 N‑COUNT [oft poss N ] Someone's booty is their bottom. [INFORMAL , RUDE ]

booze /buː z/ (boozes , boozing , boozed )

1 N‑UNCOUNT [oft the N ] Booze is alcoholic drink. [INFORMAL ] □  …booze and cigarettes. □  …empty bottles of booze.

2 VERB If people booze , they drink alcohol. [INFORMAL ] □ [V ] …a load of drunken businessmen who had been boozing all afternoon. ●  booz|ing N‑UNCOUNT □  He used to be famous for his boozing.

boozed /buː zd/ ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] If someone is boozed or boozed up , they are drunk. [INFORMAL ] □  He's half asleep and a bit boozed.

booz|er /buː zə ^r / (boozers )

1 N‑COUNT A boozer is a pub . [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □  They're in the boozer most nights.

2 N‑COUNT A boozer is a person who drinks a lot of alcohol. [INFORMAL ] □  I thought he was a bit of a boozer.

boo ze-up (booze-ups ) N‑COUNT In Britain, a booze-up is a party or other social gathering where people drink a lot of alcohol. [INFORMAL ] □  …a booze-up at the rugby club.

boozy /buː zi/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] A boozy person is someone who drinks a lot of alcohol. [INFORMAL ] □  …a cheerful, boozy chain-smoker.

bop /bɒ p/ (bops , bopping , bopped )

1 N‑COUNT A bop is a dance. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □  People just want a good tune and a good bop.

2 VERB If you bop , you dance. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □ [V adv/prep] He was bopping around, snapping his fingers. □ [V ] Guests bopped and jigged the night away to the disco beat.

3 → see also bebop

bop|per /bɒ pə ^r / → see teenybopper

bo|rax /bɔː ræks/ N‑UNCOUNT Borax is a white powder used, for example, in the making of glass and as a cleaning chemical.

bor|del|lo /bɔː ^r de loʊ/ (bordellos ) N‑COUNT A bordello is a brothel . [LITERARY ]

bor|der ◆◆◇ /bɔː ^r də ^r / (borders , bordering , bordered )