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bow-tie

bow-tie is the alternative spelling of bowtie.

Meaning of bowtie

Noun

bowtie (plural bowties)

  1. A man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat.
  2. (US) A kind of road intersection. See Bowtie (road).

See all 3 meanings of bowtie

Forms of bow-tie

pluralbow-ties

Questions about bow-tie

What is bow-tie the alternative spelling of?
Bow-tie is the alternative spelling of bowtie.

Words near bow-tie in the dictionary

  1. bow-guards
  2. bow-legged
  3. bow-legged wi' brass
  4. bow-leggedness
  5. bow-riding
  6. bow-tie
  7. bow-tied
  8. bow-ties
  9. bow-wood
  10. bow-woods
  11. bow-wow

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bow-tie (page history and authors); bowtie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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