bowl
noun
- 1
A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
- 2
As much as is held by a bowl.
“You can’t have any more soup – you’ve had three bowls already.”
- 3
A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl.
“This restaurant offers a number of different bowls.”
- 4
A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
- 5
The round hollow part of anything.
“Direct the cleaning fluid around the toilet bowl and under the rim.”
- 6
A round crater (or similar) in the ground.
- 7
An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.
- 8
A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)
noun
- 1
The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
- 2
The action of bowling a ball.
- 3
(in the plural, but used with a singular verb) The game of bowls.
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
- 2
To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).
- 3
To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.
“We were bowled rapidly along the road.”
- 4
To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
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