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Verb
The garden that separates the main house from the casita, designed by Double Green Landscapes, melds Japanese and California influences with a variety of maple and ginkgo trees, giant timber bamboo, bower wattle, and leopard plants. Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
The highest-ranking card of the original suit played wins the trick unless a card from the trump suit (including the left bower) is played, which would outrank any other card. Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023 Throughout the day Saturday and Sunday there will be live performances in each bower of the audio collaborations. Brittanie Shey, Chron, 14 Apr. 2023 This elegant crisscross trellis can be used in the most formal of outdoor spaces to support climbing foliage like pink bower vines. Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 31 Mar. 2023 The shot started an image-making trend that extended through Cindy Crawford, Britney Spears, Ciara and Gigi Hadid, though all of them were topped by Beyoncé’s 2017 pregnant-while-wearing-lingerie-in-a-bower baby-bump photo shoot. New York Times, 31 Jan. 2022 But with the events of this past year—not least a parental uprising against the wokish material taught in Virginia’s public schools—even outsiders are aware that children’s literature has become as much a battlefield as a bower. Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2021 Today, a cafe occupies part of the ground floor, its tables and chairs distributed under a leafy bower on the veranda. New York Times, 9 June 2022 People not involved in the world of children’s books, either professionally or personally through children and grandchildren, may imagine a peaceful bower where bunnies hop and pixies flit and tots run back and forth making wonderful discoveries. Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2021 The male organizes rocks, shells, and other objects from small to large outside of the bower. Mary Bates, National Geographic, 24 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bower
Verb
  • Little is known about the gray industrial design, which has been shrouded in secrecy.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2024
  • But the disease is shrouded in stigma and silence that could be impacting the search for a cure — and endangering patients’ lives.
    Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • All wedding florals, from the arbor to the bar to the tent, were arranged by Petal to the Metal Florals' Leslie Bish.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Outside are a terrace with fireplace, dining arbor, and fountain, two-bedroom guest cottage, and one-bedroom pool house.
    The Week Staff, theweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Sydney Sweeney wrapped her forthcoming film just in time for Christmas.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2024
  • The outlet also confirms that Criminal Minds wrapped filming on season 18 earlier this week.
    Gil Macias, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The mansion with its stone façade and slate roof houses some 50 rooms that spread across 13,000 square feet of living space and five levels.
    Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The painstaking restoration of Notre Dame involved the labor of hundreds of specialized artisans who refashioned everything from the lead sheets used to form the nave’s peaked roof to vital portions of stone masonry, CBS reported.
    Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Sound envelops the scene with a balance between the chaos of the crowd and the galvanizing score as Walker brings us closer into the fight.
    Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Motorists may be driving on dry roads with clear visibility one moment and then be enveloped in a wall of snow the next, struggling to see and maintain control.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Large green beams arch across the glass ceiling, creating a metallic, forest-reminiscent canopy.
    Laura Studarus, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The home hosts three bedrooms and five bathrooms, with the primary suite situated above a saltwater infinity pool and two guest bedrooms sitting under the canopy of a century-old oak tree.
    India Roby, Architectural Digest, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • In two hours, the duo planted seeds for 17 oak trees, enclosed them in mesh chicken wire to deter hungry fauna and tagged each one.
    Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The hard shell of the nautilus encloses a series of chambers.
    Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In Southern California, open pergolas are more common due to abundant sun.
    Cassi Hallam, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Photo : Photography by Derek & Vee A rooftop pergola is fitted with a retractable sun shade.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2024

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“Bower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bower. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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