bowtie
See also: bow-tie and bow tie
English
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Two bowties, not tied.
Alternative forms
- bow tie
Etymology
bow + tie
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /boʊˈtaɪ/
- (UK) IPA(key): /bəʊˈtaɪ/
Noun
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A man wearing a red bowtie.
bowtie (plural bowties)
- A man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat.
- (US) A kind of road intersection. See Bowtie (road).
Derived terms
- Sherman's bow tie
Translations
necktie shaped like a bow
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Further reading
bowtie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Adjective
bowtie (not comparable)
- Having the shape that the displayed part of a bowtie does when the latter is tied.
- The corkscrew pasta holds the cheese sauce better, but all I had in the cupboard was bowtie pasta.
Translations
shaped like a bow-tie
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