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bow

noun [C] (WEAPON)
 
 
/bəʊ/ US  /boʊ/

Definition

B2 a weapon for shooting arrows, made of a long, thin piece of wood bent into a curve by a tightly stretched string: bow and arrows → See also crossbowTarget sports
(Definition of bow noun (WEAPON) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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