bowl

Plural: bowls

Noun

• a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids
• a concave shape with an open top
• a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
• the quantity contained in a bowl
• a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
• a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling
• a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling
• a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco
• the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
• A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
• As much as is held by a bowl.
• A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl.
• A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
• The round hollow part of anything.
• The round hollow part of anything.
• The part of a spoon that holds content, as opposed to the handle.
• The round hollow part of anything.
• Part of a pipe, bong, or other smoking implement that holds the material to be burned.
• The round hollow part of anything.
• The quantity of burnable content to be consumed in a pipe or bong.
• The round hollow part of anything.
• A rounded portion of a glyph that encloses empty space, as in the letters d and o.
• A round crater (or similar) in the ground.
• An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.
• A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)
• The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
• The action of bowling a ball.

Verb

Verb Forms: bowled, bowling, bowls

• To play the game of bowling; to roll a ball.
• roll (a ball)
• hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end
• engage in the sport of bowling
  • "My parents like to bowl on Friday nights"
• To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
• To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).
• To play bowling or a similar game.
• To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.
• To pelt or strike with anything rolled.

Examples

• Direct the cleaning fluid around the toilet bowl and under the rim.
• He aimed to BOWL a perfect strike, clearing the board of low-value letters.
• Let's smoke a bowl!
• poke bowl
• This restaurant offers a number of different bowls.
• We were bowled rapidly along the road.
• You can’t have any more soup – you’ve had three bowls already.

Synonyms

arena, bowlful, bowling ball, pipe bowl, roll, sports stadium, stadium, trough, bowl cut, bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, crater, dash, dump, feck, fling, heave, hield, hollow, hoy, huck, hurl, hurtle, jerk, launch, lob, peck, peg, pick, pitch, precipitate, project, pudding bowl, quoit, shy, skew, slight, sling, thrill, throw, toss, traject, warp, whang, whip, whop, wing

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