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Synonyms for bower

Grammar : Noun
Spell : bou-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbaʊ ər

Définition of bower

Origin :
  • Old English bur "room, hut, dwelling, chamber," from Proto-Germanic *buraz (cf. Old Norse bur "chamber," Swedish bur "cage," Old High German bur "dwelling, chamber," German Bauer "birdcage"), from *bu- "to dwell," from PIE root *bheue- "to be, exist, dwell" (see be). Modern spelling developed after mid-14c. Sense of "leafy arbor" (place closed in by trees) is first attested 1520s. Hence, too, Australia's bower-bird (1847).
  • noun leafy shelter
  • noun rustic dwelling
Example sentences :
  • If not at Christmas then at Easter; and whenever it was she should find her room a bower.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • Rosamond eagerly seconded this proposal, and whispered, "Caroline's bower."
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • To his bower was Beowulf brought in haste, dauntless victor.
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by Anonymous
  • He frowned impatiently—they were sitting in that bower of hers above the river.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
  • We crept to the back of the bower, and Lib leaned over and looked in.
  • Extract from : « Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad » by Various
  • The next day the House was transformed by the women into a bower of blossoms.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • Even as he spoke the music in the bower ceased and voices were heard in question.
  • Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
  • Its inverted wheels on their trucks had made a bower of steel about the bridegroom.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • The negotiations were carried on in a bower near the house of the agent.
  • Extract from : « Old Fort Snelling » by Marcus L. Hansen
  • One was for the bower and the other was for use out-of-doors.
  • Extract from : « An American Robinson Crusoe » by Samuel. B. Allison

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