Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bohl]
- /boʊl/
- /bəʊl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bohl]
- /boʊl/
Definitions of bowls word
- noun bowls a game played on a bowling green in which a small bowl (the jack) is pitched from a mark and two opponents or opposing teams take turns to roll biased wooden bowls towards it, the object being to finish as near the jack as possible 3
- noun bowls (as modifier) 3
- noun bowls skittles or tenpin bowling 3
- noun bowls lawn bowling 3
- noun bowls a game played with wooden balls on a level, closely mowed green having a slight bias, the object being to roll one's ball as near as possible to a smaller white ball at the other end of the green. Also called bowls, bowling on the green. Compare bowl2 (def 2), bowling green, jack1 (def 7), rink (def 5). 1
- verb with object bowls to roll or trundle, as a ball or hoop. 1
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Origin of bowls
First appearance:
before 950 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 950; Middle English bolle, Old English bolla; cognate with Old Norse bolli. See boll
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Parts of speech for Bowls
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bowls popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bowls
noun bowls
- bowling — Bowling is a game in which you roll a heavy ball down a narrow track towards a group of wooden objects and try to knock down as many of them as possible.
- bowling green — A bowling green is an area of very smooth, short grass on which the game of bowls or lawn bowling is played.
- bowling on the green — lawn bowling.
- candlepins — a type of bowling game, employing a smaller ball than tenpins, in which three balls are allowed to a frame and fallen pins are not removed from the alley
- lawn bowling — a game played with wooden balls on a level, closely mowed green having a slight bias, the object being to roll one's ball as near as possible to a smaller white ball at the other end of the green. Also called bowls, bowling on the green. Compare bowl2 (def 2), bowling green, jack1 (def 7), rink (def 5).
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