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Meaning of "boral" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BORAL

boral  [ˈbɔːrəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BORAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Boral is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BORAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Boral

Boral Limited is a multinational company dealing in building and construction materials. Founded in Australia, it also has extensive operations in the USA and Asia. With A$5.29 billion worth of sales, Boral has over 13,000 employees working across over 600 operating sites. Boral was demerged from the 'old' Boral Limited in February 2000. The 'old' Boral Limited, comprising energy assets, was renamed Origin Energy. The spin-off assets, comprising building and construction materials, became the 'new' Boral Limited. Boral and Origin Energy are now separately listed companies on the Australian Stock Exchange and are entirely independent of one another. The 'old' Boral began as an oil and bitumen refining company under the name of Bitumen and Oil Refineries Australia Limited. It later changed its name to Boral Limited using the acronym of the company's name. Boral has changed its core business since its inception, and now has a diverse area of operations within the building industry, including asphalt, road line marking, concrete, plasterboard, timber, windows, quarry, landfill, transport, roof tiles, bricks and pavers. Boral also produces cement via Boral Cement.

Definition of boral in the English dictionary

The definition of boral in the dictionary is the powdered mixture of boron carbide and aluminium.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BORAL


aboral
æbˈɔːrəl
amphoral
æmˈfɔːrəl
aural
ˈɔːrəl
binaural
baɪˈnɔːrəl
chloral
ˈklɔːrəl
choral
ˈkɔːrəl
floral
ˈflɔːrəl
goral
ˈɡɔːrəl
horal
ˈhɔːrəl
loral
ˈlɔːrəl
monaural
mɒˈnɔːrəl
oral
ˈɔːrəl
peroral
pərˈɔːrəl
poral
ˈpɔːrəl
restoral
rəˈstɔːrəl
saurel
ˈsɔːrəl
soral
ˈsɔːrəl
sororal
səˈrɔːrəl
suboral
sʌbˈɔːrəl
thalamifloral
θəˌlæmɪˈflɔːrəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BORAL

bor
bora
Bora Bora
boraces
borachio
boracic
boracite
borage
boraginaceous
borak
borane
borate
borax
borazon
borborygmal
borborygmi
borborygmic
borborygmus
bordar

WORDS THAT END LIKE BORAL

amoral
antitumoral
Balmoral
coral
corporal
doctoral
electoral
femoral
humoral
immoral
littoral
mayoral
moral
pastoral
pectoral
postdoctoral
rectoral
sectoral
temporal
tumoral

Synonyms and antonyms of boral in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «boral» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BORAL

Find out the translation of boral to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of boral from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «boral» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

博拉尔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

boral
570 millions of speakers

English

boral
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बोराल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بورال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Boral
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Boral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বড়াল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

boral
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Boral
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Boral
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ボラル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

BORAL
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Boral
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Boral
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போரல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बायरेल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

boral
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Boral
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Boral
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Boral
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Boral
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Boral
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

BORAL
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Boral
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Boral
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of boral

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BORAL»

The term «boral» is regularly used and occupies the 87.531 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BORAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «boral» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «boral» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about boral

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BORAL»

Discover the use of boral in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to boral and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Business Institutions and Behaviour in Australia
University of Sydney Boral was formed in 1946 and soon after began bitumen production. Caltex, the overseas marketing arm of two US oil companies, played an important role in setting up this new venture and seemingly had the power to ...
David Merrett, 2013
2
The Gramaphone Company's First Indian Recordings, 1899-1908
HMV E 23 12357 Mr. L.C. BORAL (LAL CHAND BORAL, L.C. Piya Bin Ninadya Meri - KHYAL - KALYAN 12358 12359 12360 12361 12362 13257 13233 Be. Re . Re. Re. c/w HMV c/w HMV Re. CAL s/s c/w 12358 L.C. BORAL Terana - HAMIR  ...
Michael S. Kinnear, 1994
3
Letters of Credit and Demand Guarantees: Defences to Payment
As the facts involved a standby letter of credit, associated with the provision of a beneficiary's certificate, the court could have used either the 'fraud in the documents' formulation, or the 'no honest belief' formulation.145 3 Key Decision: Boral ...
Deborah Horowitz, 2010
4
Antitrust and Global Capitalism, 1930–2004
The Boral case illustrated the difficulty of balancing the interests of consumers and business. The issue in the case was whether Boral, a producer of concrete masonry products in Melbourne, possessed sufficient market power to breech ...
Tony A. Freyer, 2006
5
Cincinnati Magazine
HOME & GARDEN SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION Oumers know pets are pure gold, and Goldens are faves — as told to Brent Donaldson & Mary Glenn Boral Bricks Direct 4733 Devitt Dr. Cincinnati, OH 45246 513.942.5750 Build With ...
6
Corporate Environmental Policies
John W. Graham, Wendy C. Havlick. tal improvement is reliant on the commitment and contribution of every member of staff to ensure maximum benefits are achieved. August 1996 35. BORAL LIMITED GPOBox910 Sydney, NSW 1041 ...
John W. Graham, Wendy C. Havlick, 1999
7
Complete Adventures of Feluda
What happens this time depends entirely on Mr Boral and what he tells Maganlal. I only hope Maganlal doesn't get to know that Boral came to see me.' pearl here?' ' 'Yes, there was no other way. Ifl had allowed Mr Boral to keep it with him, ...
Satyajit Ray, 2005
8
Advanced Financial Risk Management: Tools and Techniques for ...
Eric Falkenstein and Andrew Boral (2000), formerly of Moody's Investors Service, suggested another consistency test between actual and expected defaults. They suggest the following test: 0 Order the universe of all default probability ...
Donald R. Van Deventer, Kenji Imai, Mark Mesler, 2013
9
The Complete Home Decorating Idea Book: Thousands of Ideas ...
... photo by Rob Garbarini; Photo courtesy of Interiors by Decorating Den, decoratingden.com, 800-dec-dens > 306: Boral Timber, boraltimber.com; ADO USA, ado-usa.com;Alloc Inc., alloc.com > 307:Armstrong World Industries, armstrong.com ...
Kathleen S. Stoehr, 2007
10
Hindi Film Song: Music Beyond Boundaries
(4) Boral is certainly inclined to use an Indian way of organising musical material and yet, as early as in Chandidas (1934), the song 'Tadapat beete din' consists of a modulation or a key change. As the Indian instrumental colour is strong, one ...
Ashok Damodar Ranade, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BORAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term boral is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Howzat? Wesfarmers and Boral chairman Bob Every on career and …
Cricket has shaped many careers but none as interestingly as Wesfarmers and Boral chairman Bob Every. At age 12, a cricket ball came ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
2
A deep dive into Australia's building materials sector
For Australia's building materials companies, including the likes of Adelaide Brighton Ltd (ASX: ABC), Brickworks Limited (ASX: BKW), Boral ... «Motley Fool Australia, Jul 15»
3
Bradken redundancies another kick in the guts for Ipswich
"After losing Hancock's and Boral and other businesses, this is a disaster for Ipswich. "We need to do everything possible to maintain the line ... «The Queensland Times, Jul 15»
4
FWC calls last drinks
The Leighton Contractors, Boral and Amey joint venture team leader, Stephen Keenan, had downed 10 beers and a vodka and coke when he ... «Lawyers Weekly, Jul 15»
5
Lawsuit could spell the end of the boozy office Christmas party
The decision by the Fair Work Commission could lead to Stephen Keenan getting his job back on a Leighton Boral Amey roads project, from ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
6
Employee who abused bosses was unfairly dismissed
It heard a male employee at Leighton Boral Amey Joint Venture had about 10 beers and one vodka and coke, including two stubbies before he ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
7
Boral and Wesfarmers chairman Bob Every cements push to …
As he prepares to step down as chairman of Boral and Wesfarmers, Bob Every has called for a reinstatement of the Australian Building and ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
8
Every calls for union watchdog
As he prepares to step down as chairman of Boral and Wesfarmers, Bob Every has called for a reinstatement of the Australian Building and ... «Courier Mail, Jun 15»
9
Boral® to Feature Its Newest Products at 2015 PCBC
Boral®, an industry-leading provider of brick, stone, roofing, trim and siding, is returning to PCBC June 24-25 at the San Diego Convention ... «PR Web, Jun 15»
10
Broker Watch: Cover-More, SCA Property Group, Telstra, Boral
Deutsche Bank says Telstra, the country's biggest telco, will benefit from the expected gathering pace of the NBN roll-out in financial year 2014. «The Australian Financial Review, Jun 15»

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