meaning of boss

1. Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.
2. A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus.
3. A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations.
4. A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
5. The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.
6. A swage or die used for shaping metals.
7. A head or reservoir of water.
8. To ornament with bosses; to stud.
9. A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator.
10. BOSS Bridgport Operating System Software. A derivative of the ISO 1054 numerical machine control language for milling, etc. bot chat, World-Wide Web> From "robot" Any type of autonomous software that operates as an agent for a user or a program or simulates a human activity. On the Internet, the most popular bots are programs called spiders or crawlers used for searching. They access web sites, retrieve documents and follow all the hyperlinks in them; then they generate catalogs that are accessed by search engines. A chatbot converses with humans or other bots. A shopbot searches the Web to find the best price for a product. Other bots such as OpenSesame observe a users patterns in navigating a web site and customises the site for that user. Knowbots collect specific information from web sites.
11. a circular rounded projection or protuberance

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