'Bowl' definitions:

Definition of 'bowl'

(from WordNet)
noun
A round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids;
noun
A concave shape with an open top [syn: bowl, trough]
noun
A dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
noun
The quantity contained in a bowl [syn: bowl, bowlful]
noun
A large structure for open-air sports or entertainments [syn: stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium]
noun
A large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling [syn: bowling ball, bowl]
noun
A wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling
noun
A small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco [syn: bowl, pipe bowl]
noun
The act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) [syn: roll, bowl]
verb
Roll (a ball)
verb
Hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end
verb
Engage in the sport of bowling; "My parents like to bowl on Friday nights"

Definition of 'Bowl'

From: GCIDE
  • Bowl \Bowl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowled; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowling.]
  • 1. To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball. [1913 Webster]
  • Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To pelt or strike with anything rolled. [1913 Webster]
  • Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth, And bowled to death with turnips? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • To bowl (a player) out, in cricket, to put out a striker by knocking down a bail or a stump in bowling. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bowl'

From: GCIDE
  • Bowl \Bowl\ (b[=o]l), n. [OE. bolle, AS. bolla; akin to Icel. bolli, Dan. bolle, G. bolle, and perh. to E. boil a tumor. Cf. Boll.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • Brought them food in bowls of basswood. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bowl'

From: GCIDE
  • Bowl \Bowl\ (b[=o]l), n. [F. boule, fr. L. bulla bubble, stud. Cf. Bull an edict, Bill a writing.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. pl. An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward. [1913 Webster]
  • Like an uninstructed bowler, . . . who thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. pl. The game of tenpins or bowling. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bowl'

From: GCIDE
  • Bowl \Bowl\, v. i.
  • 1. To play with bowls. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along. [1913 Webster] Bowlder

Definition of 'bowl'

From: Easton
  • Bowl The sockets of the lamps of the golden candlestick of the tabernacle are called bowls (Ex. 25:31, 33, 34; 37:17, 19, 20); the same word so rendered being elsewhere rendered "cup" (Gen. 44:2, 12, 16), and wine "pot" (Jer. 35:5). The reservoir for oil, from which pipes led to each lamp in Zechariah's vision of the candlestick, is called also by this name (Zech. 4:2, 3); so also are the vessels used for libations (Ex. 25:29; 37:16).

Synonyms of 'bowl'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Bowl'