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| | | | | | bower  | | | | noun | BOW-er |
| | | | Definition | | | 1 : | an attractive dwelling or retreat
| 2 : | a lady's private apartment in a medieval hall or castle
| 3 : | a shelter (as in a garden) made with tree boughs or vines twined together : arbor |
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| | | | | | | | | | | PEOPLE ARE READING | | | | | | | | | WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE | | | | | | Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try! TAKE ME THERE  | | | | | | | | Did You Know? | | | | Bower derives from Old English būr, meaning "dwelling,"and was originally used of attractive homes or retreats, especially rustic cottages. In the Middle Ages, bower came to refer to a lady's personal hideaway within a medieval castle or hall—that is, her private apartment. The more familiar "arbor" sense combines the pastoral beauty of a rustic retreat with the privacy of a personal apartment. Although its tranquil modern meaning belies it, bower is distantly related to the far more roughshod bowery, which has historically been used as the name of a sleazy district in New York City. The Bowery got its name from a Dutch term for a dwelling or farm that shares a common ancestor with the terms that gave rise to "bower." | | | | | | | Examples of BOWER | | | The couple's rendezvous was a secluded bower in the garden. "In retelling Shakespeare's story of mortal and immortal lovers lost in a bewitched Athenian wood, Ms. Taymor has sought to conjure the sort of Jungian visions that are bred in the fertile fields of sleep. … [S]he transforms bed and bedding into a sylvan, starry wonderland. An immense sheet rises, falls and twists itself to become a confining roof, a vast sky, a writhing forest floor and an amorous bower fit for a queen of the fairies." — Ben Brantley, The New York Times, 4 Nov. 2013 | | | | Name That Synonym | | | | Unscramble the letters to create a synonym of bower meaning "arbor": APELORG. | | | | VIEW THE ANSWER | | | | | | | | | |  | | Coin a word for a chance to win a visit to Merriam-Webster Enter your word, anagram, pangram, or limerick by March 31 for a chance to win a visit to our home in Massachusetts or to Oxford, England. |
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