Meaning

2 senses
  1. A man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat.

    Fliege

    га́лстук-ба́бочкаgálstuk-bábočka, ба́бочкаbábočka

    краватка-метеликkravatka-metelyk, мете́ликmetélyk

    a man's tie that ties in a bow

  2. (US)A kind of road intersection. See Bowtie (road).

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Tom was the only person wearing a bowtie.

    deTom war der einzige mit Fliege.

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  2. Tom was the only person in a bowtie.

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  3. Ziri always wore a bowtie.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
necktie shaped like a bow:
Русский
By meaning 1
necktie shaped like a bow:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
necktie shaped like a bow:

Origin

From bow + tie.

From bow + tie.

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Forms

plural: bowties

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedbowtied

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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