bower
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈbaʊər/
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- The kids played happily in the shady bower made of intertwined branches and leaves.
- build bowers
- bower entrance
- bowers of Paradise
They we have our back roads and we have are dark Bowers and secret places.
- They we have our back roads and we have are dark Bowers and secret places.
- One of my treasured cock Bowers, very stunning and gorgeous cock Bower.
Examples
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The walls of your bower are closing in about you.
Fiction book (2002) -
Milady is standing on her balcony in a rose-trellised bower flooded with moonlight.
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But still will keep a bower quiet for us
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Come, lead him to my bower.
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The stone point at far right was found in just such a bower.
Academic text (2008) -
We're building our honeymoon bower.
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Will you come to the bower I've shaded for you?
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The bushes had grown up, protected by the stone, and they made a kind of bower all around the untended grave.
Fiction book (1993) -
Mating takes place in the bower, in other pre-cleared avenues, or in adjacent branches.
Academic text (2004) -
"Thrice happy he who hides from pomp and power "in sylvan shade or solitary bower, "where balmy zephyrs fan his burning cheeks..."
Synonyms
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6.7
A framework in a garden that supports climbing plants and makes shade
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7.4
An outdoor structure with posts and open beams that holds climbing plants and gives shade
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7.9
A shaded place formed by trees or vines where people rest
Antonyms
Compounds
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9.9
A climbing plant from eastern North America that grows over other plants and has small white flowers
- Specialized
A climbing Asian vine with long jagged leaves and white flower bunches that make small edible greenish-yellow fruit
How Sheltered
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word bower comes from an old word bur meaning 'room' or 'dwelling', so imagine a small private 'room' made of leaves and branches where you can sit in cool shade.