bowtie

bow tie

B b

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [boh]
- /boʊ/
- /ˈbəʊ.taɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [boh]
- /boʊ/

Definitions of bowtie word

noun bowtie a small necktie tied in a bow at the collar. 1
noun bowtie a sweet roll or Danish pastry having a shape similar to that of a bow tie or butterfly. 1
noun bowtie A man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat. 0
noun bowtie (US) A kind of road intersection. See Bowtie (road). 0
adjective bowtie Having the shape that the displayed part of a bowtie does when the latter is tied. 0

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Origin of bowtie

First appearance:

before 1910

One of the 15% newest English words

First recorded in 1910-15

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Parts of speech for Bowtie

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Bowtie

bowtie popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

bowtie usage trend in Literature

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