bowery
/ˈbaʊəri/
noun
- A street or area in New York City, especially the Bowery, known historically for its cheap hotels and bars.
- Many artists have lived and worked in the Bowery neighborhood.
- The Bowery was once a famous entertainment district in New York.
- They took a walk down the Bowery to see the old buildings.
- A farm or plantation, especially in colonial Dutch New York.
- The old bowery was a large farm outside the city walls.
- Dutch settlers called their farms 'boweries' in the 1600s.
- The word 'bowery' comes from the Dutch word for farm.
adjective
- Shady and leafy; like a bower or arbor.
- The bowery path through the park was cool and pleasant.
- They sat in a bowery corner of the garden, hidden by vines.
- The old house had a bowery porch covered in climbing roses.