bowls
n.
bowling game played on lawn
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
Bowls
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Short mat bowls Bowls (also known as Lawn Bowls or Lawn Bowling or its true name crown green bowls) is a precision
sport in which the goal is to roll slightly radially asymmetrical
balls (called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the "jack" or "kitty" or "sweetie") than one's opponent does.
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bowls
Noun
1. lawn bowling at a jack using biased wooden balls
(hypernym) lawn bowling
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
Bowls
(n. pl.)
See Bowl, a ball, a game.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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