noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   plural of bowl form-of, plural
2. 2
   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.
3. 3
   a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack wordnet
4. 4
   A ball used in the game of bowls

Verb

1. 1
   third-person singular simple present indicative of bowl form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

All synonyms

bingocheckerschessgamelawn bowlinglawn bowling

Example

More examples

"The art of making wooden bowls like these has died out."

Related phrases

carpet bowlscrown green bowlslawn bowls

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