Bootes is an English word with synonyms like constellation. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Bootes meaning
A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, called the “bear-guard” or the “herdsman”. It includes the fourth-brightest star in the night sky, Arcturus.
Synonyms of Bootes
Using Bootes
- The main meaning on this page is: A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, called the “bear-guard” or the “herdsman”. It includes the fourth-brightest star in the night sky, Arcturus.
- Useful related words include: constellation.
- In the example corpus, bootes often appears in combinations such as: bootes the.
Context around Bootes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bootes
- In this selection, "bootes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, legend, showing, constellation, invented and immediately stand out and add context to how "bootes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about how bootes out of and bootes immediately got. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bootes" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bootes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
According to legend, Bootes invented the first ox-pulled plow. (10 words)
In the winter it’s the mighty constellation Orion the Hunter, and in the Summer it’s Bootes the Hunting Farmer. (21 words)
Bootes immediately got all his friends together for a wine-tasting party that quickly got out of hand and turned into a wine-gulping party. (25 words)
However, Germanicus Caesar deviated from this tradition by placing Arcturus "where his garment is fastened by a knot".sfn Notable features The constellation Bootes as it can be seen by the naked eye. (33 words)
Astronomical chart showing Bootes the Ploughman holding a spear, a sickle, and two dogs, Asterion and Chara, on a leash, also showing a quadrant, and the hair of Berenice forming the constellations. (32 words)
Probably the one that’s best known is the one about how Bootes, out of desperate poverty, invented a plow that could be pulled by oxen. (26 words)
Example sentences (6)
According to legend, Bootes invented the first ox-pulled plow.
Astronomical chart showing Bootes the Ploughman holding a spear, a sickle, and two dogs, Asterion and Chara, on a leash, also showing a quadrant, and the hair of Berenice forming the constellations.
Bootes immediately got all his friends together for a wine-tasting party that quickly got out of hand and turned into a wine-gulping party.
In the winter it’s the mighty constellation Orion the Hunter, and in the Summer it’s Bootes the Hunting Farmer.
Probably the one that’s best known is the one about how Bootes, out of desperate poverty, invented a plow that could be pulled by oxen.
However, Germanicus Caesar deviated from this tradition by placing Arcturus "where his garment is fastened by a knot".sfn Notable features The constellation Bootes as it can be seen by the naked eye.
Common combinations with bootes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: