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Bowls

/bəʊlz/

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noun

  1. A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
  2. As much as is held by a bowl.
  3. A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl.
  4. A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
  5. The round hollow part of anything.
  6. A round crater (or similar) in the ground.
  7. An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.
  8. A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)

Synonyms: bowlful, crater, hollow, bowl cut, pudding bowl

noun

  1. The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
  2. The action of bowling a ball.
  3. (in the plural, but used with a singular verb) The game of bowls.

Synonyms: lawn bowling, lawn bowls

verb

  1. To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
  2. To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).
  3. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.
  4. To pelt or strike with anything rolled.

noun

  1. A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do.
  2. A ball used in the game of bowls

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