Bow
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Bow often refers to:
- Bow and arrow, a weapon
- Bowing, bending the upper body as a social gesture
- An ornamental knot made of ribbon
Bow may also refer to:
- Bow (watercraft), the foremost part of a ship or boat
- Bow (position), the rower seated in the bow of a racing shell
Knots
- Bow knot, a shoelace knot or a rosette
- Bow tie, a type of necktie
- Pussy bow, a style of neckwear
Music
- Bow (music), used to play a stringed instrument
- Musical bow, a musical instrument resembling an archer's bow
- EBow, electronic device for playing the electric guitar
- Bows (band), a band from the UK
- B.O.W. (born 1970), Finnish rapper
Porcelain
Places
England
- Bow, Devon, a village in mid Devon
- Bow, a hamlet in the parish of Ashprington in South Devon
- Bow, London, a district
- Bow, Oxfordshire, a hamlet
United States
Canada
- The Bow (skyscraper), Calgary, Alberta
- Bow River, Alberta
Other
- Bow (name), including a list of people with the surname or given name
- Bow and warp of semiconductor wafers and substrates
- Rema language (ISO-639: bow), Papuan language spoken in New Guinea