BOWL

roll, bowl

(noun) the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)

bowl

(noun) a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods

bowl

(noun) a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids

bowl, pipe bowl

(noun) a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco

bowl

(noun) a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling

stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium

(noun) a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

bowl, bowlful

(noun) the quantity contained in a bowl

bowl, trough

(noun) a concave shape with an open top

bowl

(verb) engage in the sport of bowling; “My parents like to bowl on Friday nights”

bowl

(verb) hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end

bowl

(verb) roll (a ball)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

bowl (plural bowls)

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 part of a spoon that holds content, as opposed to the handle.

A part of a pipe or bong packed with marijuana for smoking

(typography) 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.

(sports, theater) An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.

(American football) A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)

Synonyms

• (as much as is held by a bowl): bowlful

• (haircut): bowl cut, pudding bowl

• (crater): crater, hollow

Etymology 2

Noun

bowl (plural bowls)

The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.

The action of bowling a ball.

(in the plural, but used with a singular verb) The game of bowls.

Synonyms: lawn bowls, lawn bowling

Verb

bowl (third-person singular simple present bowls, present participle bowling, simple past and past participle bowled)

(transitive) To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.

(intransitive) To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).

To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.

To pelt or strike with anything rolled.

Anagrams

• Blow, b'low, blow

Source: Wiktionary


Bowl, n. Etym: [OE. bolle, AS. bolla; akin to Icel. bolli, Dan. bolle, G. bolle, and perh. to E. boil a tumor. Cf. Boll.]

1. A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemisherical), to hold liquids, etc. Brought them food in bowls of basswood. Longfellow.

2. Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convival drinking.

3. The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.

4. The bollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.

Bowl, n. Etym: [F. boule, fr. L. bulla bubble, stud. Cf. Bull an edict, Bill a writing.]

1. A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled.

2. pl.

Definition: An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward. Like an uninstructed bowler, . . . who thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it. Sir W. Scott.

3. pl.

Definition: The game of tenpins or bowling. [U.S.]

Bowl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowled; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowling.]

1. To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball. Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven. Shak.

2. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road.

3. To pelt or strike with anything rolled. Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth, And bowled to death with turnipsShak. To bowl (a player) out, in cricket, to put out a striker by knocking down a bail or a stump in bowling.

Bowl, v. i.

1. To play with bowls.

2. To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc.

3. To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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