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Bowl   /boʊl/   Listen
Bowl

noun
1.
A round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids.
2.
A concave shape with an open top.  Synonym: trough.
3.
A dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods.
4.
The quantity contained in a bowl.  Synonym: bowlful.
5.
A large structure for open-air sports or entertainments.  Synonyms: arena, sports stadium, stadium.
6.
A large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling.  Synonym: bowling ball.
7.
A wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling.
8.
A small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco.  Synonym: pipe bowl.
9.
The act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling).  Synonym: roll.
verb
(past & past part. bowled; pres. part. bowling)
1.
Roll (a ball).
2.
Hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end.
3.
Engage in the sport of bowling.



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"Bowl" Quotes from Famous Books



... the extra session meetin' was called for, Mary?" asked the older woman looking up from her mixing bowl. "Tom went to the mill to tak the place of the noight watchman. His feyther's dyin' ye ken, and Tom's not come by yet. I ...
— The City of Fire • Grace Livingston Hill
... without stooping to light it at the hearth; where, indeed, there was no appearance of a fire having been kindled, that morning. Forthwith, however, as soon as the order was given, there was an intense red glow out of the bowl of the pipe, and a whiff of smoke from Mother Rigby's lips. Whence the coal came, and how brought thither by an invisible hand, I have never been able ...
— The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II • Various
... the spirit, Gieszet hinein! The life of the bowl; Leben dem Leben Man is an earth-clod Gibt er allein. ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete • Various
... steeped my soul Had been of cherry pipes a cracker, And watched the creamy meerschaum's bowl Grow weekly, daily, ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 30, 1892 • Various
... fingers, many a mask Of many a pleasant girl. It was my task To gild their hair, carefully, strand by strand; To paint their eyebrows with a timid hand; To draw a bodkin, from a vase of kohl, Through the closed lashes; pencils from a bowl Of sepia to paint them underneath; To blow upon their eyes with a soft breath. They lay them back and watched the ...
— Silverpoints • John Gray


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