adj
Meaning 1
Sheltered by trees; leafy; shady.
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Standard Lemma guide
bowery
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/ˈbaʊəɹi/
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CMU ARPABET: B AW1 ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname from Middle English.
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name
Meaning 3
A street and a district of New York City, whose residents were traditionally of a low socioeconomic class.
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noun
Meaning 4
Structure with roof for shade but with no walls used for public gatherings. A pavilion.
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noun
Meaning 5
In the early settlements of New York State, USA, a farm or estate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
like a bower; leafy and shady
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a bowery lane
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noun
Meaning 7
a street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by homeless derelicts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: street
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English bower Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bowery From bower + -y.
Unexplained. Perhaps a topographic surname for someone who lived in a small cottage, from Middle English bour (“chamber, cottage”) or, alternatively, an occupational surname for someone who worked there.
From Dutch bouwerij (“farm”).
From bower + -y, calque of Dutch bouwerij.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: зашумен (zašumen) — Sheltered by trees; leafy
- Bulgarian: сенчест (senčest) — Sheltered by trees; leafy
- Czech: listnatý — Sheltered by trees; leafy
- Czech: stinný — Sheltered by trees; leafy
- Macedonian: пошумен (pošumen) — Sheltered by trees; leafy