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bowless

/ˈbəʊləs/

bowless adjective: without a bow.

Adjective

bowless (not comparable)

  1. Without a bow.
    • his bowless cello player, playing inaudible music and surrounded by objects relating to taste and smell and books that invite the viewer to enter other times and places2003, John Lawrence Ward, Edwin Dickinson: a critical history of his paintings, page 98

Origin of bowless

From bow + -less.

Questions about bowless

What does bowless mean?
Bowless means without a bow.
What part of speech is bowless?
Bowless is an adjective.
How do you pronounce bowless?
Bowless is pronounced /ˈbəʊləs/.

Words near bowless in the dictionary

  1. bowler hatting out
  2. bowler-hatted
  3. bowlered
  4. bowlers
  5. bowles
  6. bowless
  7. Bowley
  8. Bowley's law
  9. Bowleys
  10. bowlful
  11. bowlfull

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