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bowl
1[ bohl ]
noun
- a rather deep, round dish or basin, used chiefly for holding liquids, food, etc.
- the contents of a bowl:
a bowl of tomato soup.
- a rounded, cuplike, hollow part:
the bowl of a pipe.
- a large drinking cup.
- festive drinking; conviviality.
- any bowl-shaped depression or formation.
- an edifice with tiers of seats forming sides like those of a bowl, having the arena at the bottom; stadium.
- Also called bowl game. a football game played after the regular season by teams selected by the sponsors of the game, usually as representing the best from a region of the country:
the Rose Bowl.
- Typography. a curved or semicircular line of a character, as of a, d, b, etc.
verb (used with object)
- to give (a floor) a gentle inclination on all sides toward some area, as a stage or platform.
bowl
2[ bohl ]
noun
- one of the balls, having little or no bias, used in playing ninepins or tenpins.
- one of the biased or weighted balls used in lawn bowling.
- bowls, (used with a singular verb) lawn bowling.
- a delivery of the ball in bowling or lawn bowling.
- (formerly) a rotating cylindrical part in a machine, as one to reduce friction.
verb (used without object)
- to play at bowling or bowls; participate in or have a game or games of bowling.
- to roll a bowl or ball.
- to move along smoothly and rapidly.
- Cricket. to deliver the ball to be played by the batsman.
verb (used with object)
- to roll or trundle, as a ball or hoop.
- to attain by bowling:
He bowls a good game.
She usually bowls a 120 game, but today she bowled 180.
- to knock or strike, as by the ball in bowling (usually followed by over or down ).
- to carry or convey, as in a wheeled vehicle.
- Cricket. to eliminate (a batsman) by bowling (usually followed by out ):
He was bowled for a duck.
He was bowled out for a duck.
verb phrase
- to surprise greatly:
We were bowled over by the news.
bowl
1/ ²úəʊ±ô /
noun
- a round container open at the top, used for holding liquid, keeping fruit, serving food, etc
- Alsobowlful the amount a bowl will hold
- the rounded or hollow part of an object, esp of a spoon or tobacco pipe
- any container shaped like a bowl, such as a sink or lavatory
- a bowl-shaped building or other structure, such as a football stadium or amphitheatre
- a bowl-shaped depression of the land surface See also dust bowl
- literary.
- a drinking cup
- intoxicating drink
bowl
2/ ²úəʊ±ô /
noun
- a wooden ball used in the game of bowls, having flattened sides, one side usually being flatter than the other in order to make it run on a curved course
- a large heavy ball with holes for gripping with the fingers and thumb, used in tenpin bowling
verb
- to roll smoothly or cause to roll smoothly, esp by throwing underarm along the ground
- intrusually foll byalong to move easily and rapidly, as in a car
- cricket
- to send (a ball) down the pitch from one's hand towards the batsman, keeping the arm straight while doing so
- Alsobowl out to dismiss (a batsman) by delivering a ball that breaks his wicket
- intr to play bowls or tenpin bowling
- tr (in tenpin bowling) to score (a specified amount)
he bowled 120
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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Origin of bowl1
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Example Sentences
The old carports next to the guest rooms were enclosed and became indoor retail spaces — an acai bowl eatery, plant shop, artisan boutique and other spots have opened, with more to come.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
There were videos from bowling nights and rap battles with colleagues.
At high school, he joined the bowling team to satisfy his extracurricular requirements, as it seemed "a great way to be in sport without being in a sport".
Black bowls through the movie like the king of the sandbox, the lord of the playground, rallying the rest of us to join him on a quest that he’s made up on the spot.
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