# boma

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #79,320

## Definitions
1. An enclosure usually made of thorn bushes, and latterly of steel fencing, for protection from marauders.
2. A stockade made of bushes and thorns.
3. A hide.
4. A hut.
5. A military or police post or magistracy.
6. A type of fertilizer rich in animal dung.
7. A method of composting in which animals are bedded on the material before it is used, allowing it to gather urine and dung.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili boma (“enclosure, fortified outpost”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/boma