ALL meanings of bowl
bowl
B b - countable noun bowl A bowl is a round container with a wide uncovered top. Some kinds of bowl are used, for example, for serving or eating food from, or in cooking, while other larger kinds are used for washing or cleaning. 3
- countable noun bowl The contents of a bowl can be referred to as a bowl of something. 3
- countable noun bowl You can refer to the hollow rounded part of an object as its bowl. 3
- uncountable noun bowl Bowls is a game in which players try to roll large wooden balls as near as possible to a small wooden ball. Bowls is usually played outdoors on grass. 3
- countable noun bowl A set of bowls is a set of round wooden balls that you play bowls with. 3
- verb bowl If you bowl, you play the game of bowls or the game of bowling. 3
- verb bowl In a sport such as cricket, when a bowler bowls a ball, he or she sends it down the pitch towards a batsman. 3
- verb bowl In a sport such as cricket, when a batsman is bowled, he has to leave the pitch because the bowler has hit the wicket with the ball. 3
- verb bowl To bowl someone out means the same as to bowl them. 3
- verb bowl If you bowl along in a car or on a boat, you move along very quickly, especially when you are enjoying yourself. 3
- countable noun bowl A large stadium where sports or concerts take place is sometimes called a Bowl. 3
- countable noun bowl A bowl or bowl game is a competition in which the best college teams play, after the main season has ended. 3
- noun bowl a round container open at the top, used for holding liquid, keeping fruit, serving food, etc 3
- noun bowl the amount a bowl will hold 3
- noun bowl the rounded or hollow part of an object, esp of a spoon or tobacco pipe 3
- noun bowl any container shaped like a bowl, such as a sink or lavatory 3
- noun bowl a bowl-shaped building or other structure, such as a football stadium or amphitheatre 3
- noun bowl a bowl-shaped depression of the land surface 3
- noun bowl a drinking cup 3
- noun bowl intoxicating drink 3
- noun bowl a wooden ball used in the game of bowls, having flattened sides, one side usually being flatter than the other in order to make it run on a curved course 3
- noun bowl a large heavy ball with holes for gripping with the fingers and thumb, used in tenpin bowling 3
- verb bowl to roll smoothly or cause to roll smoothly, esp by throwing underarm along the ground 3
- verb bowl to move easily and rapidly, as in a car 3
- verb bowl to send (a ball) down the pitch from one's hand towards the batsman, keeping the arm straight while doing so 3
- verb bowl to dismiss (a batsman) by delivering a ball that breaks his wicket 3
- verb bowl to play bowls or tenpin bowling 3
- verb bowl (in tenpin bowling) to score (a specified amount) 3
- noun bowl a deep, rounded container or dish, open at the top 3
- noun bowl the capacity or contents of a bowl 3
- noun bowl a thing or part shaped like a bowl 3
- noun bowl the rounded or hollow part of a spoon or smoking pipe 3
- noun bowl washbowl 3
- noun bowl the basin of a toilet 3
- noun bowl a hollow land formation 3
- noun bowl an amphitheater or stadium 3
- noun bowl any of various football games played annually after the regular season between teams selected for their superior records 3
- noun bowl a large drinking vessel 3
- noun bowl the wooden ball rolled at the target ball, or jack, in the game of lawn bowling: it is weighted or shaped to give it a bias when rolling 3
- noun bowl a roll of the ball in bowling or lawn bowling 3
- noun bowl a roller, drum, or wheel, as in some machines 3
- intransitive verb bowl to participate or take a turn in bowling or lawn bowling 3
- intransitive verb bowl to roll a ball with an underhand motion, as in bowling or lawn bowling 3
- intransitive verb bowl to move swiftly and smoothly 3
- intransitive verb bowl to throw a ball to the batsman 3
- verb transitive bowl to throw so as to make roll; roll 3
- verb transitive bowl to make a score of in bowling 3
- verb transitive bowl to cause to move along swiftly and smoothly, as on wheels 3
- verb transitive bowl to put (a batsman out) by bowling the balls off the wicket 3
- noun bowl deep round dish 1