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bower
1[bou-er]
noun
a leafy shelter or recess; arbor.
a rustic dwelling; cottage.
a lady's boudoir in a medieval castle.
verb (used with object)
to enclose in or as in a bower; embower.
bower
2[bou-er]
noun
an anchor carried at a ship's bow.
bower
3[bou-er]
noun
a person or thing that bows or bends.
bower
4[boh-er]
noun
a musician, as a violinist, who performs with a bow on a stringed instrument.
bower
1/ ˈ²ú²¹ÊŠÉ™ /
noun
a shady leafy shelter or recess, as in a wood or garden; arbour
literaryÌýa lady's bedroom or apartments, esp in a medieval castle; boudoir
literaryÌýa country cottage, esp one regarded as charming or picturesque
bower
2/ ˈ²ú²¹ÊŠÉ™ /
noun
nautical a vessel's bow anchor
bower
3/ ˈ²ú²¹ÊŠÉ™ /
noun
a jack in euchre and similar card games
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- bowerlike adjective
- ˈ²ú´Ç·É±ð°ù²â adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of bower1
Origin of bower2
Origin of bower3
Example Sentences
A bower of roses, fragrant herbs and bodacious blooms might set one gardener’s heart aflutter, while another finds the sweet spot among spiky agaves, exotic palms or a bountiful row of summer raspberries.
If you have been there for a festive brunch on the graceful patio with its bowers of bougainvillea, you may understand.
This wooded bower was where Yakov had died, but not where his night had begun.
Today, a cafe occupies part of the ground floor, its tables and chairs distributed under a leafy bower on the veranda.
As it did in Robert Longbottom’s 2019 production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s musical “Into the Woods,†which coincidentally also follows a group of rowdy, mixed-up characters into a supernatural bower.
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