Preposition: of

• holly: Why the halls are decked with boughs of holly 1 How did holly become popular as a Christmas decoration?

• tree: The clusters on the lower boughs of the tree Were easy to reach.

• oak: It was a man hanging from the bough of a tall oak.

Preposition: from

• tree: Theo Moore, a spokesman for the Royal Parks, said: " The accident involved a bough from the tree.

Converse of object

• spread: They had spread green boughs over his face to keep the sun from him, he was a Cap t Lee ( ?

• have: Anna's nephew, Matthew, has bough a cheap, pirated video from a market stall.

• interlace: The house was approached by graveled driveways which wound about through wide-spreading lawns and under the interlacing boughs of tall poplars.

• damage: But what happens if the tree was rotten or the bough already damaged?

Adjective modifier

• evergreen: The thing is, folk have been decorating evergreen boughs for a lot longer than there have been Christmas trees in folk's houses.

• dead: There are no more sins to be sinned On the dead oak tree bough.

• green: They had spread green boughs over his face to keep the sun from him, he was a Cap t Lee ( ?

• low: The clusters on the lower boughs of the tree Were easy to reach.

• large: And its largest boughs are the lowest on the boughs they spring from.

• leafless: Contents Winter Clouded with snow The bleak winds blow, And shrill on leafless bough The robin with its burning breast Alone sings now.

Noun used with modifier

• mistletoe: The center piece of the decorations was a large mistletoe bough.

• pine: There is no tree in my house, no pine boughs, no lights, no decorations.

• oak: There are no more sins to be sinned On the dead oak tree bough.

• tree: In distance is an old tree bough swept down in last years floods.

• forest: It was dark with forest boughs That brushed the walls and made the mossy tiles Part of the squirrels ' track.

• apple: All ignorant we dared to own The joys we now dissemble; The greenfinch on the apple bough Could make my enemies tremble.