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Definition of "bowfront" []

  • Having an outward-curving front: a bowfront bureau. (adjective)
  • Designed or constructed with a bow window in front: a bowfront house. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "bowfront" in a sentence
  • "He used only the six-burner coal cookstove in his 1859 bowfront house and as many authentic ingredients as possible while avoiding modern conveniences such as the food processor."
  • "I have since upgraded to a 72 gallon “bowfront” with small fish including: blennies, gobies, clownfish, firefish, and black molies that serve as “dither fish”."
  • "It was a clean brownstone triple with bowfront windows and blooming flower boxes painted fireball red."
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