boma

Plural: bomas

Noun

An enclosure usually made of thorn bushes, and latterly of steel fencing, for protection from marauders.
A stockade made of bushes and thorns.
A hide.
A hut.
A military or police post or magistracy.
A type of fertilizer rich in animal dung.
A method of composting.

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 8

boma: not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
boma: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
boma: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

boma: valid Words With Friends Word