bowls

Noun

• a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack
• 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)
• plural of bowl
• A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do.
• A ball used in the game of bowls

Verb

• 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
• third-person singular simple present indicative of bowl

Synonyms

arena, bowl, bowlful, bowling ball, lawn bowling, pipe bowl, roll, sports stadium, stadium, trough