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bower

[bau-er] / ˈbaʊ ər /


NOUN
rustic dwelling
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The Calligraphy is a bower of abundance, where visitors can recline in plushly padded, heated and ventilated captain’s chairs, dressed in high-grade Nappa leather: the Relaxation Mode seating package.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

Years later, a fig tree from that bower flourishes in London, where a woman named Ada attempts to reconstruct her family’s difficult history before it’s too late.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2021

The bowerbird’s bower, as at least one scientist has argued, is nothing less than art.

From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2019

Visiting Barbara Kingsolver on her farm in Appalachia feels like entering some form of enchanted bower.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2018

I have seen a hunted deer run from the open field and take cover in a shadowed bower, panting among the tangled bushes and brambles that she prays will keep her unseen.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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