How do you pronounce bowery?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbaʊəɹi/.

Where does bowery come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

bowery

/ˈbaʊəɹi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.73 in modern English

Syllables: bow-ery
IPA: /ˈbaʊəɹi/

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Meaning

noun

Structure with roof for shade but with no walls used for public gatherings. A pavilion.

adj

Sheltered by trees; leafy; shady.

noun

In the early settlements of New York State, USA, a farm or estate.

Archaic

name

A surname from Middle English.

name

A street and a district of New York City, whose residents were traditionally of a low socioeconomic class.

Example Sentences

"The group performed in the old bowery, an open-air building with a roof of branches laid over vertical poles, the forerunner of the first tabernacle."
"This year’s Easter egg hunt will be at the community bowery on Saturday, April 15."
"Such a man had no chance whatever in this flowery and bowery little suburb."
"His estate, or bowery, as it was called, has ever continued in the possession of his descendants."
"The emigrants [in New York] were scattered on boweries or plantations[…]"
"We were seen quarrelling this afternoon in a saloon over on the Bowery."

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: bour, bouwerij
Suffix: bower

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

boweries (plural) bowerier (comparative) more bowery (comparative) boweriest (superlative) most bowery (superlative) bouwerie (alternative) bouwery (alternative) Bowerys (plural) Bowry (alternative) the Bowery (canonical)

Derived Forms

Boweryish

Frequently Paired Words

bower

Rhymes With

flowery lowery mowery howery loughery