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Bowl
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- 1 A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
- 2 The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
- 3 the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) wordnet
- 4 As much as is held by a bowl.
"You can’t have any more soup – you’ve had three bowls already."
- 5 The action of bowling a ball.
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- 6 a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods wordnet
- 7 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."
- 8 a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding grains or liquids wordnet
- 9 A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
- 10 a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco wordnet
- 11 The round hollow part of anything.
"Direct the cleaning fluid around the toilet bowl and under the rim."
- 12 a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling wordnet
- 13 The round hollow part of anything.; The part of a spoon that holds content, as opposed to the handle.
- 14 a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling wordnet
- 15 The round hollow part of anything.; Part of a pipe, bong, or other smoking implement that holds the material to be burned.
"195. Old German Pipe-Bowl ; carved wood ; design in front of bowl – the letters P K K surrounded by a wreath ; lid wanting. Switzerland."
- 16 a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments wordnet
- 17 The round hollow part of anything.; The quantity of burnable content to be consumed in a pipe or bong.
"Let's smoke a bowl!"
- 18 the quantity contained in a bowl wordnet
- 19 The round hollow part of anything.; A rounded portion of a glyph that encloses empty space, as in the letters d and o.
- 20 a concave shape with an open top wordnet
- 21 A round crater (or similar) in the ground.
- 22 An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.
- 23 A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)
- 1 To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports. transitive
"Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, / And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven."
- 2 engage in the sport of bowling wordnet
- 3 To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports). intransitive
- 4 hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end wordnet
- 5 To play bowling or a similar game. intransitive
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- 6 roll (a ball) wordnet
- 7 To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.
"We were bowled rapidly along the road."
- 8 To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
"Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth, / And bowled to death with turnips."
Etymology
From Middle English bolle, from Old English bolla, bolle (“bowl, cup, pot, beaker, measure”), from Proto-West Germanic *bollā, from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ (“ball, round vessel, bowl”). Cognate with North Frisian bol (“bun, bread roll”), Middle Low German bolle, bole (“round object”), Dutch bol (“ball, sphere, scoop, dot”), German Bolle (“bulb”), Danish bolle (“bowl, bread roll”), Icelandic bolli (“cup”). Doublet of boule and pulla.
From Middle English bowle, boule, from Old French boule (“ball”), from Latin bulla (“bubble, stud, round object”). Doublet of poll.
From Middle English bowle, boule, from Old French boule (“ball”), from Latin bulla (“bubble, stud, round object”). Doublet of poll.
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