| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bow·er |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  bou  r |
| NOUN: | 1. A shaded, leafy recess; an arbor. 2. A woman's private chamber in a medieval castle; a boudoir. 3. A rustic cottage; a country retreat. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: bow·ered, bow·er·ing, bow·ers
To enclose in or as if in a bower; embower. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English bour, a dwelling, from Old English b r. See bheu- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | bower·y —ADJECTIVE
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