bowery
(adjective) like a bower; leafy and shady; “a bowery lane”
Bowery
(noun) a street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by homeless derelicts
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bowery (plural boweries)
Structure with roof for shade but with no walls used for public gatherings. A pavilion.
bowery (comparative bowerier or more bowery, superlative boweriest or most bowery)
Sheltered by trees; leafy; shady.
bowery (plural boweries)
(archaic) In the early settlements of New York State, USA, a farm or estate.
• Bowyer, bowyer
the Bowery
A street and a district of New York City, whose residents were traditionally of a low socioeconomic class.
Bowery (comparative more Bowery, superlative most Bowery)
(US, dated) Characteristic of this street; swaggering; flashy.
• Bowyer, bowyer
Source: Wiktionary
Bow"er*y, a.
Definition: Shading, like a bower; full of bowers. A bowery maze that shades the purple streams. Trumbull.
Bow"er*y, n.; pl. Boweries Etym: [D. bouwerij.]
Definition: A farm or plantation with its buildings. [U.S.Hist.] The emigrants [in New York] were scattered on boweries or plantations; and seeing the evils of this mode of living widely apart, they were advised, in 1643 and 1646, by the Dutch authorities, to gather into "villages, towns, and hamlets, as the English were in the habit of doing." Bancroft.
Bow"er*y, a.
Definition: Characteristic of the street called the Bowery, in New York city; swaggering; flashy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
