Bow

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Bow may refer to:

• Bow and arrow /ˈboʊ/, a weapon system that uses elasticity to propel arrows, its use is archery
• Bowing /ˈbaʊ/, to lower the head or upper body as a social gesture
• Bow (ship) /ˈbaʊ/, the foremost point of the hull of a ship or boat
• Bow (rowing), a term which has multiple meanings within the sport of rowing

Knots

• Bow knot, a shoelace knot or a rosette
• Hair bow, a hair accessory of hair or a ribbon tied in a bow knot
• Bow tie, a type of necktie and ribbon fashion accessory tied in a bow knot
• An ornamental knot made of ribbon

Music

• Bow (music), a device used to play a stringed instrument
• Musical bow, a musical instrument resembling an archer's bow
• EBow, a hand-held electronic device for playing the electric guitar
• Bows (band), a band from the UK

Places

United Kingdom

• Bow, Devon, England
• Bow, London, England (historically called Stratford atte Bowe)

United States

• Bow, Kentucky
• Bow, New Hampshire
• Bow, Washington

Canada

• The Bow (skyscraper), a building in Calgary, Alberta
• Bow River, a river in the province of Alberta

Other

• Elbow, considered as an (often) approximately right-angled ("L"-shaped?) bow
• Bend, The action or effect of bowing to the force of something or someone
• Bow, of bow and warp of semiconductor wafers and substrates
• Bow porcelain factory, a London-based porcelain factory, active 1747-1776
• Bag of words model, a model used in natural language processing and information retrieval
• Bow (She-Ra), a character from the cartoon She-Ra: Princess of Power
• B.O.W (Bio-Organic Weapons), a type of weapon in the Resident Evil video game and movie series

See also

• All pages beginning with "Bow"
• All pages with titles containing "Bow"
• Beau (disambiguation)
• Bo (disambiguation)

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