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BOWER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: bower   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A framework that supports climbing plants

Example:

the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park

Synonyms:

arbor; arbour; bower; pergola

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bower" is a kind of...):

frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bower"):

grape arbor; grape arbour (an arbor where grapes are grown)

Derivation:

bower (enclose in a bower)

bowery (like a bower; leafy and shady)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enclose in a bower

Synonyms:

bower; embower

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "bower" is one way to...):

close in; enclose; inclose; shut in (surround completely)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

bower (a framework that supports climbing plants)

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