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bower

[bau-er] / ˈbaʊ ər /


NOUN
rustic dwelling
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The Calligraphy is a bower of abundance, where visitors can recline in plushly padded, heated and ventilated captain’s chairs, dressed in high-grade Nappa leather: the Relaxation Mode seating package.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

A bower of roses, fragrant herbs and bodacious blooms might set one gardener’s heart aflutter, while another finds the sweet spot among spiky agaves, exotic palms or a bountiful row of summer raspberries.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

Years later, a fig tree from that bower flourishes in London, where a woman named Ada attempts to reconstruct her family’s difficult history before it’s too late.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2021

The bowerbird’s bower, as at least one scientist has argued, is nothing less than art.

From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2019

“I suppose it would be profanation to eat anything in this spick-and-span bower, so as I’m tremendously hungry, I propose an adjournment,” he added presently.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott




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