Bow
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Bow may mean:
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- Bow (knot): A type of knot
- Bow (music): A device used to play string instruments
- Bow (ship): The foremost point of the hull of a ship or boat
- Bow (weapon): An archery weapon that uses elasticity to propel arrows
- Bow (composite materials): A conditional longitudinal curvature in pulltruded parts
- Bow (social): Bowing is the act of lowering the head or the upper body
- Musical bow: A musical instrument resembling an archer's bow
- E-bow: A hand-held, battery-powered electronic device for playing the electric guitar.
- Bow River: A river in the Canadian province of Alberta
- Bow collector: An electric pick-up device for trains and trams.
Bow may also denote the places:
- Bow, Devon, England
- Bow, London, England (historically called Stratford)
- Bow, New Hampshire, United States
- Bow, Orkney, Scotland
- Bow, Washington
- The Bow (Calgary) - a building in Calgary, Alberta
[edit] See also
- The band from the UK Bows (band)
- List of people by name: Bov-Boz for persons with the name Bow
- Bowing (social): a bending of the waist used as a respectful greeting
- Rainbow: an optical phenomenon causing coloured bands to appear in the sky
- Oxbow
- Bunch of Writers Forum
- Bow (She-Ra), a character from She-Ra: Princess of Power
- Bio-Organic Weapon - a creature created due to exposure of a viral agent in the Resident Evil series
