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bower

[bou-er] / ˈbaʊ ər /


NOUN
rustic dwelling
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Today, a cafe occupies part of the ground floor, its tables and chairs distributed under a leafy bower on the veranda.

From New York Times Jun. 9, 2022

As it did in Robert Longbottom’s 2019 production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s musical “Into the Woods,” which coincidentally also follows a group of rowdy, mixed-up characters into a supernatural bower.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2022

Visiting Barbara Kingsolver on her farm in Appalachia feels like entering some form of enchanted bower.

From The Guardian Oct. 8, 2018

A friend posted a photo of a botanical bower of a bedroom in Beauport, officially called the Sleeper-McCann House.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2018

Yossarian and Milo were covered in their bower by tissue-thin tiers of sloping green and largely surrounded by other gray chestnut trees and a silver spruce.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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