| Definitions | | bowl |
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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.
- You can't have any more soup - you've had three bowls already.
- The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
- (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.
- A round crater (or similar) in the ground.
- The action of bowling a ball.
- (in plural bowls but used with a singular verb) The game of lawn bowls.
- (American football) an important annual game, such as the Orange Bowl, the Rose Bowl, or the Superbowl
Translations: - Dutch: schaal
- French: bol
- German: Schale
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- Italian: boccia
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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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(trans-bottom)
lawn bowls
See lawn bowls
- Spanish: tazón
(trans-bottom)
(trans-top, as much as is held by a bowl)
See bowlful
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(trans-top, ball used in lawn bowls)
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).
Translations: Etymology: Probably from the French boule, a ball.
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