ALL meanings of bower
bow·er
B b - noun bower a lady's boudoir 3
- noun bower a hut and platform of twigs built by a male bowerbird: used only for courtship and not as a nest 3
- verb transitive bower to form into a bower; enclose with boughs, etc. 3
- noun bower the jack of trump (right bower) or the jack of the other suit of the same color (left bower), the highest card and next highest card, respectively, in euchre 3
- noun bower the heaviest anchor of a ship, normally carried at the bow 3
- countable noun bower A bower is a shady, leafy shelter in a garden or wood. 3
- noun bower a shady leafy shelter or recess, as in a wood or garden; arbour 3
- noun bower a lady's bedroom or apartments, esp in a medieval castle; boudoir 3
- noun bower a country cottage, esp one regarded as charming or picturesque 3
- noun bower a vessel's bow anchor 3
- noun bower a jack in euchre and similar card games 3
- noun bower a place enclosed by overhanging boughs of trees or by vines on a trellis; arbor 3
- noun bower a rustic cottage or retreat 3
- noun bower Nautical, Aeronautics. the forward end of a vessel or airship. either side of this forward end, especially with reference to the direction of a distant object: a mooring two points off the port bow. 1
- noun bower bows, Nautical. the exterior of the forward end of a vessel, especially one in which the hull slopes back on both sides of the stem. 1
- noun bower the foremost oar in rowing a boat. 1
- noun bower Also called bowman, bow oar. the person who pulls that oar. 1
- verb with object bower to enclose in or as in a bower; embower. 1
- adjective bower of or relating to the bow of a ship. 1
- idioms bower bows on, (of a ship) with the bow foremost: The vessel approached us bows on. 1
- idioms bower bows under, (of a ship) shipping water at the bow: The ship was bows under during most of the storm. 1
- idioms bower on the bow, Nautical. within 45° to the heading of the vessel. 1
- noun bower arbour 1
- noun bower bedroom, private chamber 1
- noun bower A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle. 0
- noun bower (literary) A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat. 0
- noun bower A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods. 0
- noun bower (ornithology) A large structure made of grass and bright objects, used by the bower bird during courtship displays. 0
- noun bower A peasant; a farmer. 0
- noun bower Either of the two highest trumps in euchre. 0
- noun bower (nautical) A type of ship's anchor, carried at the bow. 0
- noun bower One who bows or bends. 0
- noun bower One who plays any of several bow instruments, such as the musical bow or diddley bow. 0
- noun bower A muscle that bends a limb, especially the arm. 0
- noun bower (Obsolete (No longer in use)) (falconry) A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest. 0
- verb bower To embower; to enclose. 0
- verb bower (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To lodge. 0