Bow

Bow may refer to:

• Bow (weapon) (pronounced /ˈboʊ/), an archery weapon that uses elasticity to propel arrows
• Bowing (pronounced /ˈbaʊ/), to lower the head or the upper body
• Bow (ship) (pronounced /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

• 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
• Bow, a character from the video game Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

See also

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