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   bower

   /ˈbaʊə/

   noun

   • 1. a pleasant shady place under trees or climbing plants in a garden or wood. Similar arbourshady placeleafy shelteralcoverecesspergolagrottosanctuarysummer housegazeboconservatorypavilionbelvederearchaic:kiosk
   • ▪ a summer house or country cottage. Similar arbourshady placeleafy shelteralcoverecesspergolagrottosanctuarysummer housegazeboconservatorypavilionbelvederearchaic:kiosk
   • ▪ a woman's private room or bedroom. Similar boudoirbedchamberchamberbedroomdressing roomroom

   verb

   • 1. shade or enclose (a place or person): literary "trees here and there bowered the cottages"

   Word Origin Old Englishbūr ‘dwelling, inner room’, of Germanic origin; related to German Bauer ‘birdcage’.

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