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
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
