bowl

IPA: bˈoʊɫ

noun

  • 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.
  • (cooking) 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.
  • Part of a pipe, bong, or other smoking implement that holds the material to be burned.
  • (typography) A rounded portion of a glyph that encloses empty space, as in the letters d and o.
  • (geography) 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)
  • (bowls) The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
  • (sports) The action of bowling a ball.

verb

  • (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).
  • (intransitive) To play bowling or a similar game.
  • To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.
  • To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
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Examples of "bowl" in Sentences

  • Pour the cereal in a bowl.
  • Look at the spoon and the bowl.
  • Jerry returns the fish to the bowl.
  • It is between the toilet and the bowl.
  • The melting pot is indeed different from the salad bowl.
  • The Salad Bowl was a precursor to the current Fiesta Bowl.
  • Salinas is known as the Salad Bowl of America or Salad Bowl of the World.
  • Lacquer ware bowls and dishes are regarded as common tableware in the town.
  • The Aloha Bowl was preceded years earlier by the Pineapple Bowl and Poi Bowl.
  • He was assigned to officiate in the 1978 Liberty Bowl and the 1977 Orange Bowl.

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