Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🌳 A leafy shelter 🌳 Leafy and shady
bowery

bowery

9.9
Covered with leaves that make cool shade like a tree shelter
  • adjective
  • /ˈbaʊəri/
  • Archaic
translation icon : sombrío
  • They enjoyed a picnic under the bowery canopy of old oak trees.

Examples

  • The bowery lane was a welcome escape from the midday sun.

  • The bowery garden was filled with vibrant flowers.

  • A bowery path wound through the garden, creating a tranquil atmosphere.

  • What a lovely bowery spot!

  • A bowery path wound through the garden, creating a tranquil atmosphere.

  • The bowery lane was a welcome escape from the midday sun.

  • They enjoyed a picnic under the bowery canopy of old oak trees.

Synonyms

leafy
vsbowery
28 1.6

Having many leaves that give shade

focuses on pleasant shade and shelter rather than just many plants
woody
vsbowery
1 2.0

Having many trees like a small forest

suggests pleasant, shady foliage rather than predominantly tree cover
bosky
vsbowery
  • Archaic
9.9

Covered with trees and bushes

emphasizes pleasant shade and decorative foliage rather than dense woodland

How Leafy

lush
51 3.7
bowery
  • Archaic
9.9
sparse
31 5.0
leafless
3 2.9

Surface Forms

bowery positive

Morphology

bowery = bower (transparent) = bower + y

The adjective is a regular and clear derivation from 'bower' plus the productive suffix '-y', meaning 'having the characteristics of a bower'.

Etymology

Bowery comes from the older word bower, which means 'a shady, leafy shelter', and the ending -y means 'full of' or 'having', so bowery describes a place that is 'leafy' and pleasantly shaded.