bowery

Colonial Dutch farm

Bowery describes a place that is shaded by trees or surrounded by bowers—leafy, sheltered retreats.

The word is rare and literary: a bowery lane, bowery groves. (Capitalized Bowery refers to a street and neighborhood in lower Manhattan, historically associated with flophouses and homelessness.)

Manhattan

tenement

Multi-unit urban dwelling

SoHo · nightlife · flophouse · CBGB · punk · lofts · mission · homeless · subway · downtown

sheltered

canopy

Overhead protective covering

  • arborGarden trellis structure
  • trellisGarden climbing structure
  • pergolaLatticework frame for climbers

refuge · sanctuary · haven · retreat · hideaway · seclusion · nest · alcove · nook · shade

pastoral

bucolic

Idyllically rural

meadow · rural · serene · tranquil · greenery · rustic · shepherd · flock · grazing · verdant

farmstead

farm

Agricultural land tract

husbandry · orchard · pasture · harvest · livestock · poultry · manor · estate · plantation · acreage

Opposites
vegetation coverage

boweryleafless

Having no foliage

barren · bare · treeless · defoliated · denuded

exposure to elements

boweryexposed

Out in open

unshaded · shadeless · open · unsheltered · sun-baked

urban character

boweryPark Avenue

Prestigious Manhattan residential street

Fifth Avenue · uptown · gentrified · affluent · upscale

Phrases
Family

bower, bowerbird, bowers

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G