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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