bower
pronunciation
How to pronounce bower in British English:
UK [ˈbaʊə(r)]
How to pronounce bower in American English:
US [ˈbaʊər]
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- Noun:
- a framework that supports climbing plants
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- Verb:
- enclose in a bower
Word Origin
- bower
- bower: [OE] A bower was originally simply a place where one lived; the modern connotation of a ‘secluded arbour’ did not become fully established until the 16th century. Old English būr came from West and North Germanic *būraz or *būram, a derivative of the prolific base *bü- ‘dwell’, which also produced be, boor, booth, bound ‘intending to go’, build, burly, byelaw, byre, and the -bour of neighbour.=> be, boor, booth, build, burly, byre, neighbour
- bower (n.)
- Old English bur "room, hut, dwelling, chamber," from Proto-Germanic *buraz (cognates: Old Norse bur "chamber," Swedish bur "cage," Old High German bur "dwelling, chamber," German Bauer "birdcage"), from *bu- "to dwell," from PIE root *bheue- "to be, exist, dwell" (see be). Modern spelling developed after mid-14c. Sense of "leafy arbor" (place closed in by trees) is first attested 1520s. Hence, too, Australia's bower-bird (1847).
Example
- 1. It is the mature view of joseph bower , the distinguished professor of business administration at harvard business school .
- 2. I want roses in my garden bower , dig ?
- 3. Bower asks sir martin sorrell , who appointed ms beers , why she was chosen .
- 4. With lt. payton staying behind to guide him via radio transmitter , cpl. bower ventures deep into the ship and begins to uncover a terrifying reality .
- 5. Mrs. quilp was pining in her bower .