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bower

1

[ bou-er ]

noun

  1. a leafy shelter or recess; arbor.
  2. a rustic dwelling; cottage.
  3. a lady's boudoir in a medieval castle.


verb (used with object)

  1. to enclose in or as in a bower; embower.

bower

2

[ bou-er ]

noun

Nautical.
  1. an anchor carried at a ship's bow.

bower

3

[ bou-er ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that bows or bends.

bower

4

[ boh-er ]

noun

Music.
  1. a musician, as a violinist, who performs with a bow on a stringed instrument.

bower

1

/ ˈʊə /

noun

  1. a shady leafy shelter or recess, as in a wood or garden; arbour
  2. literary.
    a lady's bedroom or apartments, esp in a medieval castle; boudoir
  3. literary.
    a country cottage, esp one regarded as charming or picturesque
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bower

2

/ ˈʊə /

noun

  1. nautical a vessel's bow anchor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bower

3

/ ˈʊə /

noun

  1. a jack in euchre and similar card games
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈǷɱ, adjective
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  • Ƿİ· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of bower1

First recorded before 900; Middle English bour, bur, bure “dwelling, shelter, bower,” Old English ū “dwelling, shelter, chamber”; cognate with Old Norse ū “pantry, storehouse,” German Bauer “cage, birdcage”; akin to neighbor

Origin of bower2

First recorded in 1645–55; bow 3 + -er 1

Origin of bower3

First recorded in 1590–1600; bow 1 + -er 1

Origin of bower4

First recorded in 1650–70; bow 2, -er 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of bower1

Old English ū dwelling; related to Old Norse ū pantry, Old High German ū dwelling

Origin of bower2

C18: from bow ³ + -er 1

Origin of bower3

C19: from German Bauer peasant, jack (in cards)
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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.

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If you have been there for a festive brunch on the graceful patio with its bowers of bougainvillea, you may understand.

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This wooded bower was where Yakov had died, but not where his night had begun.

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Today, a cafe occupies part of the ground floor, its tables and chairs distributed under a leafy bower on the veranda.

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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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