bowl
n.
deep dish; festivity; amphitheater; ball (used in the game of bowling)
v.
play bowling (type of game played with balls and pins); roll a ball
Bowl
Bowl may refer to:
Bowl (vessel), a common open-top vessel used to serve food
Bowl (drug culture), the receptacle in which marijuana is placed prior to smoking
Bowls, a precision sport popular in the United Kingdom
The Bowl (Utah vs. New Mexico), an annual college football game
The Bowl (Douglas), a multi-use stadium in Douglas, Isle of Man, United Kingdom
Bowl game, a post-season college football game
Super Bowl, the championship game of the National Football League in the United States
Hollywood Bowl, a modern amphitheater in Hollywood, California, USA
Bowl cut, a haircut that looks like an inverted bowl on top of the person's head
Flush toilet or Toilet bowl
Quizbowl, a family of games of questions and answers on all topics of human knowledge
College Bowl, a college format of quizbowl
Knowledge Bowl, an academic contest similar to quizbowl
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bowl
Noun
1. a round vessel that is open at the top; used for holding fruit or liquids or for serving food
(hypernym) vessel
(hyponym) fishbowl, fish bowl, goldfish bowl
2. a concave shape with an open top
(synonym) trough
(hypernym) concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
3. a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
(hypernym) dish
(hyponym) cereal bowl
4. the quantity contained in a bowl
(synonym) bowlful
(hypernym) containerful
5. a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
(synonym) stadium, arena, sports stadium
(hypernym) structure, construction
(hyponym) amphitheater, amphitheatre, coliseum
(part-meronym) field house
6. a wooden ball (with flattened sides) used in the game of bowls
(hypernym) ball
7. a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco
(synonym) pipe bowl
(hypernym) container
(part-holonym) pipe, tobacco pipe
Verb
1. roll (a ball)
(hypernym) wheel, roll
(classification) bowling
2. engage in the sport of bowling; "My parents like to bowl on Friday nights"
(hypernym) play
(hyponym) skittle
bowl (de)
n.
bowl, beverage made from several mixed liquids (often wine and juice)
Bowl
(v. t.)
To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.
(v. t.)
To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road.
(v. t.)
To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
(v. i.)
To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc.
(v. i.)
To play with bowls.
(v. i.)
To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along.
(n.)
The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.
(n.)
The game of tenpins or bowling.
(n.)
The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.
(n.)
Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking.
(n.)
An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward.
(n.)
A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.
(n.)
A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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