볼

Korean

Noun

볼 (bol, bor)

1. cheek
2. (native) ball (the width of shoes, feet, toes, thumbs, etc.)
3. (loanword) ball (hollow sphere)

Synonyms

• 뺨 (ppyam)
• 너비 (neobi) width
• 공 (gong) ball

Derived terms

• 보조개 (bojogae) dimple
• 볼우물 (-umul, -umur) dimple
• 볼끼 (bolKki) muff (for cheeks and ears)

Related terms

• 볼록 (bollog, bollok) protrusion, convex
• 불룩 (bullug, bulluk) protrusion, convex
• 불다 (bulda) To blow
• 불리다 (bullida) To winnow, fill, inflate, increase, breed, soak, harden

See also

• 볼기 (bolgi) buttocks
• 부룩 (burug, buruk) intercrop (so as to inflate the total crop)
• 부룩소 (-so) young bull; castrated bull
• 부릇 (burus, burut) bulk (of a heap)
• 불 (bul) ball, bollock, testicle; scrotum; genital (especially of males)
• 불알 (bur-al) ball, bollock, testicle
• 불두덩 (bul-dudeong) pubis (of males and females)
• 붑 (bub, bup) (obsolete) drum, bell