American English pronunciation

How to pronounce bowery

IPA transcription: ['baʊɚi]

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Noun

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

Adjective

  • like a bower; leafy and shady

    “a bowery lane”

Usage examples

  • Coogan started out as an upholsterer, and opened a furniture store on the Bowery.
  • He was buried at Saint Mark's Church in-the-Bowery.
  • The funeral was held at Saint Mark's Church in-the-Bowery in New York City.