ALL meanings of boa
bo·a
B b - countable noun boa A boa or a feather boa is a long soft scarf made of feathers or of short pieces of very light fabric. 3
- countable noun boa A boa is the same as a boa constrictor. 3
- noun boa any large nonvenomous snake of the family Boidae, most of which occur in Central and South America and the Caribbean. They have vestigial hind limbs and kill their prey by constriction 3
- noun boa a woman's long thin scarf, usually of feathers or fur 3
- noun boa any of a number of tropical and subtropical, nonvenomous constrictor snakes (family Boidae) that use their powerful coils to squeeze their prey to cause death by suffocation, as the anaconda or boa constrictor 3
- noun boa a woman's long scarf, as of fur or feathers, worn around the neck or shoulders 3
- abbreviation Technical meaning of BOA Basic Object Adapter 3
- noun Definition of boa in Technology [IBM] Any one of the fat cables that lurk under the floor in a dinosaur pen. Possibly so called because they display a ferocious life of their own when you try to lay them straight and flat after they have been coiled for some time. It is rumored within IBM that channel cables for the 370 are limited to 200 feet because beyond that length the boas get dangerous --- and it is worth noting that one of the major cable makers uses the trademark "Anaconda". 1
- noun plural boa any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail. 1
- noun plural boa a scarf or stole of feathers, fur, or fabric. 1
- noun boa boa constrictor: large snake 1
- noun boa long feathery scarf 1
- noun Technical meaning of boa (architecture) (BOA) Part of the CORBA architecture. 1
- noun boa Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico, and the chevalier boa of Peru. 0
- noun boa (plural "boas") A type of scarf typically made from feathers. 0