BOWERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bowery mean? 

• BOWERY (noun)
  The noun BOWERY has 1 sense:

1. a street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by homeless derelicts

  Familiarity information: BOWERY used as a noun is very rare.

• BOWERY (adjective)
  The adjective BOWERY has 1 sense:

1. like a bower; leafy and shady

  Familiarity information: BOWERY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOWERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by homeless derelicts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

street (a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings)

Holonyms ("Bowery" is a part of...):

Manhattan (one of the five boroughs of New York City)

• BOWERY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Like a bower; leafy and shady

Context example:

a bowery lane

Similar:

leafy (having or covered with leaves)

Derivation:

bower (a framework that supports climbing plants)

 Context examples 

Gennaro was able to do a service to an Italian gentleman—he saved him from some ruffians in the place called the Bowery, and so made a powerful friend.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)