Image:IMG 0941.JPG|thumb|right|A bowl.
English

Etymology
Probably from the French boule, a ball.

Pronunciation
(UK) IPA|/b��l/
(US) IPA|/bo�l/
audio|en-us-bowl.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
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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.

#:You can't have any more soup - you've had three bowls already.

1. The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
2. (also pudding bowl or bowl cut) A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
3. A round crater (or similar) in the ground.
4. The action of bowling a ball.
5. (in plural bowls but used with a singular verb) The game of lawn bowls.
6. American football an important annual game, such as the Orange Bowl, the Rose Bowl, or the Superbowl

Synonyms
i-c|as much as is held by a bowl bowlful
i-c|haircut bowl cut, pudding bowl
i-c|crater crater, hollow
i-c|lawn bowls lawn bowls

Translations

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Amharic: ���� ���
Arabic: �س��طا���ة f
Czech: mísa f, miska f
Dutch: schaal c
Finnish: kulho, kuppi, malja, vati
French: bol m
German: Schale f
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Italian: scodella f, ciotola f
Japanese: ��� (b�ru), ���� (donburi)
Kurdish: KUchar|کاس��
Lithuanian: dubuo m
Russian: �а�а (�aša) f
Slovene: skleda f
Spanish: tazón m
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trans-top|as much as is held by a bowl
See bowlful
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trans-top|ball used in lawn bowls
Lithuanian: duben�lis m
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Italian: boccia f
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trans-top|haircut
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trans-top|crater
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trans-top|action of bowling a ball
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lawn bowls
See lawn bowls

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.

1. intransitive To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).

Translations
trans-top|roll or throw (a ball)
Finnish: keilata
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Derived terms
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bowl along
bowl cut, bowl-cut<!-- a hairstyle; may be hyphenated -->
bowler
bowling
bowling alley
bowling ball
bowl out
bowl over
mid2
dustbowl
fruit bowl
mixing bowl
pudding bowl
salad bowl
singing bowl
soup bowl
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Anagrams
blow

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