Bower

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A shaded, leafy recess; an arbor.
  • n. A woman's private chamber in a medieval castle; a boudoir.
  • n. A rustic cottage; a country retreat.
  • v. To enclose in or as if in a bower; embower.
  • n. Nautical An anchor carried at the bow.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle.
  • n. A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat.
  • n. A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods.
  • n. A large structure made of grass and bright objects, used by the bower bird during courtship displays.
  • n. A peasant; a farmer.
  • n. Either of the two highest trumps in euchre.
  • n. A type of ship's anchor, carried at the bow.
  • n. A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who bows or bends.
  • n. An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.
  • n. A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm.
  • n. One of the two highest cards in the pack commonly used in the game of euchre.
  • n. Anciently, a chamber; a lodging room; esp., a lady's private apartment.
  • n. A rustic cottage or abode; poetically, an attractive abode or retreat.
  • n. A shelter or covered place in a garden, made with boughs of trees or vines, etc., twined together; an arbor; a shady recess.
  • v. To embower; to inclose.
  • verb-intransitive. To lodge.
  • n. A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A dwelling or habitation; particularly, a cottage; an unpretentious residence; a rustic abode.
  • n. An inner room; any room in a house except the hall or public room; hence, a bedchamber.
  • n. Especially, a lady's private chamber; a boudoir.
  • n. A shelter made with boughs or twining plants; an arbor; a shady recess.
  • To inclose in a bower, or as in a bower; embower; inclose.
  • To take shelter; lodge.
  • n. One who or that which bows or bends; specifically, a muscle that bends the joints.
  • n. An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.
  • n. In falconry, a young hawk when it begins to leave the nest and to clamber on the boughs. Also called bowess, bowet.
  • n. A peasant; a farmer.
  • n. In euchre, one of the two highest cards, or, if the joker is used, the second or third highest.
  • n. A bow-maker; a bowyer.
  • n. One who plays with a bow on a violin or other stringed instrument.
  • n. A person who rents or leases the dairy stock on a farm, together with pasture and fodder for them, and makes what he can from their produce, the cultivation of the farm still remaining with the farmer or proprietor.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. enclose in a bower
  • n. a framework that supports climbing plants
  • Equivalent
    small bower    joker   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    enclose    inclose    shut in    close in   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    arbor    embower    inclose    lodge    bedroom    boudoir   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Auer    Gower    Power    cower    dauer    devour    dour    empower    flour    flower   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    glade    wreath    grove    thicket    garland    nook    canopy    copse    arbour    arbor