Noun
- 1. bowl, vessel
- usage: a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids;
- 2. bowl, trough, concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
- usage: a concave shape with an open top
- 3. bowl, dish
- usage: a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
- 4. bowl, bowlful, containerful
- usage: the quantity contained in a bowl
- 5. stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium, structure, construction
- usage: a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
- 6. bowling ball, bowl, ball
- usage: a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling
- 7. bowl, ball
- usage: a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling
- 8. bowl, pipe bowl, container
- usage: a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco
- 9. roll, bowl, propulsion, actuation
- usage: the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
Verb
- 1. bowl, wheel, roll
- usage: roll (a ball)
- 2. bowl, hurl, hurtle, cast
- usage: hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end
- 3. bowl, play
- usage: engage in the sport of bowling; "My parents like to bowl on Friday nights"
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