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bowspring

bowspring is the alternative form of bow spring.

Meaning of bow spring

Noun

bow spring (plural bow springs)

  1. A spring in the shape of a bow.

Forms of bowspring

pluralbowsprings

Questions about bowspring

What is bowspring the alternative form of?
Bowspring is the alternative form of bow spring.

Words near bowspring in the dictionary

  1. bowsing-kens
  2. bowsman
  3. bowsmen
  4. bowsmith
  5. bowsmiths
  6. bowspring
  7. bowsprit
  8. bowsprits
  9. bowspritted
  10. bowssen
  11. bowssened

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bowspring (page history and authors); bow spring (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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