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bower

/ˈbaʊə/BOW-ur
/ˈbaʊɚ/BOW-ur

Meaningchamber

Common meaning: shady shelter made with plants

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√BHU‘grow, become, be, dwell, build’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 242, p. 738 · scan
  2. Old Englishbūr‘chamber’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishboursource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftschamber → shady shelter made with plantsbower‘shady shelter made with plants’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English būr ‘chamber’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry BOWER, p. 73 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • būr Old English “chamber”

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