BOWERS Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus

bowers 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of bower

as in shrouds

to surround or cover closely bowered by a canopy of grapevines, we enjoyed a serene and very private picnic

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bowers

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noun

plural of bower

as in arbors

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Recent Examples of bowers

Noun

Urban bowers also had nearly five times as many decorations as rural ones, averaging 90 items per bower compared to 20 for the rural birds. — ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026

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Verb

Officials recommended Friday that Marylanders, especially those with underlying medical conditions, stay indoors as the smoke shrouds the state.

— Nicole Pilsbury, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2026
To understand why that shrouds a black hole in mystery, consider how no signal can travel faster than light.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of shrouds

Verb

Jason thus dismembers Cassidy’s corpse, wraps his bits up in tin foil, and stores them away in the freezer.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026
Upgrade your desktop setup with LG's 27-inch UltraGear monitor, featuring an immersive 1,000R curved QHD display that wraps around your field of view.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of wraps

Noun

Specifically, the watch can better track your location when you're surrounded by tall buildings in a big city, through cloud cover, and through tree canopies.

— Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026
Forest canopies opened, exposing the ground to more sunlight and altering the movement of water through the landscape.

— Regan E. Dunn, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of canopies

Noun

Astorga, in turn, stresses that emotional recovery will be a long process, especially for those who remain in La Guaira living in tents or displaced from their homes.

— Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Water rushed through the area while several unhoused people slept in their tents.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of tents

Noun

Sections of the roofs at the Days Inn and Super Lodge collapsed or were torn away, while doors, walls and other parts of the buildings were damaged.

— Ross DiMattei, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Hurricane Lala tore roofs off houses, uprooted trees, covered roads in mud and rocks and left many households without electricity.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of roofs

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