Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: bowery
IPA transcription: [b'aʊɚi]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: bowery
    Meaning: like a bower; leafy and shady; "a bowery lane"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Bowery
    Meaning: a street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by homeless derelicts
Usage examples
  • Does he enjoy music, the theater, or the cheaper attractions of Coney Island and the Bowery?
  • The Blue Light Drug Store is downtown, between the Bowery and First Avenue, where the distance between the two streets is the shortest.
  • But he was no outfielder as Ikey was; he picked them off the bat. At the same time he was Ikey's friend and customer, and often dropped in at the Blue Light Drug Store to have a bruise painted with iodine or get a cut rubber-plastered after a pleasant evening spent along the Bowery.