bower

CEFRC2

/ˈbaʊə(ɹ)/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A shady shelter made by trees or plants.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat.

Examples

  • She sat quietly in her bower reading.

  • The garden bower was filled with flowers.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods.

  2. A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle.

  3. A large structure made of grass, twigs, etc., and decorated with bright objects, used by male bower birds during courtship displays.

More examples

In context

  • The garden featured a beautiful bower covered in climbing roses.

  • Snowdon climbed to the top floor of the house opposite George's in Pimlico to observe the artist in one window and his model, the painter Natalie Bower, in the adjacent.

  • Give me my lute in bed now as I lie, / And lock the doors of mine unlucky bower.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English bour, from Old English būr, from Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būrą (“room, abode”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Búur (“storage room, utility room; cage”), German Bauer (“birdcage”), Old Norse búr (“cage”) (Danish bur, Norwegian Bokmål bur, Swedish bur).