bower.

1. A sheltered place formed by trees, climbing plants, or leafy growth.

2. A private room or chamber, especially a woman's chamber in older literary usage.

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Words that belong together

• leafy bower
• rose bower

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A leafy bower hid the bench from the road.

The rose bower had become a tangle since the house was abandoned.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular bower; plural bowers. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.