bowery
adjective
containing bowers; leafy; shady.
bowery
1 American
[bou-uh-ree]
/ ˈbaʊ ə ri /
adjective
bowery
2
American
[bou-uh-ree, bou-ree]
/ ˈbaʊ ə ri, ˈbaʊ ri /
noun
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boweries
plural
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(among the Dutch settlers of New York) a farm or country seat.
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the Bowery, a street and area in New York City, historically noted for its cheap hotels and saloons, and populated by people who were destitute and homeless.
Bowery
British
/ ˈbaʊərɪ /
noun
Bowery
Cultural
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of bowery1
First recorded in 1695–1705; bower 1 + -y 1
Origin of bowery2
An Americanism dating back to 1640–50; from Dutch bouwerij “farm,” equivalent to bouw “cultivation” + -erij -ery
Vocabulary lists containing bowery
Example Sentences
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For years it’s been the place where I have routinely purchased pairs of light hickory bowery pants in a classic fit.
From Forbes ● Jun. 15, 2015
I will likely continue buying classic-fit light hickory bowery pants until they stop making them, or until I never go to an office again.
From Forbes ● Jun. 15, 2015
Shakspeare and his wife sleep in the same beautiful church amid the bowery town of Stratford-on-Avon; and thither, rowing up the Avon almost to the churchyard, our tourists made their way.
From Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands by Hezekiah Butterworth
“Or by the bowery clefts, and leafy shelves Guess where the jaunty streams refresh themselves.”
From Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats by Barnette Miller
The journey from Caen, along the bowery Norman highways, was made in diligences.
From Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands by Hezekiah Butterworth
But that friend, performance artist Leigh Bowery, had posed for Freud and thought she’d make a great sitter because she was reliable and adventurous, she said, and made the introduction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
It is flanked by low-rise apartment buildings and retail spaces typical of the Bowery neighborhood.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
By the time they reached the Bowery, the snow was a foot deep on the sidewalk.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024
He would go on to launch such establishments as the Waverly Inn, the Bowery Hotel and the Jane Hotel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2024
They had just reached the Bowery when Boaz suddenly asked, “You really mean to tell me that Ashmodai lives in the East Village?”
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Some of the early settlers built boweries of brush under which they rolled their covered wagons, to secure better protection from the pitiless Arizona summer sun, and with no other home for weeks.
From Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert by James H. McClintock
The making of such "boweries" was continued by the Saints in Utah.
From The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 by William Alexander Linn
The boweries were more completely covered, and a greater proportion of bark was used in the construction of them.
From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by David Ives Bushnell
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