'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
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
- adobe,
- advance,
- agora,
- alveolation,
- alveolus,
- amphitheater,
- antrum,
- arena,
- armpit,
- athletic field,
- auditorium,
- background,
- basin,
- bear garden,
- biscuit,
- bisque,
- boxing ring,
- brick,
- bull ring,
- bunt,
- butt,
- campus,
- canvas,
- cast,
- catapult,
- cave,
- cave in,
- cavity,
- cement,
- ceramic ware,
- ceramics,
- change of pace,
- change-up,
- china,
- chuck,
- chunk,
- circus,
- cockpit,
- coliseum,
- colosseum,
- concave,
- concavity,
- course,
- crater,
- crock,
- crockery,
- crypt,
- cup,
- curve,
- dart,
- dash,
- depression,
- dip,
- dish,
- downcurve,
- drive,
- enamelware,
- fastball,
- field,
- fire,
- firebrick,
- fling,
- flip,
- floor,
- fold,
- follicle,
- fork,
- forum,
- forward,
- forward pass,
- funnel chest,
- furl,
- glass,
- ground,
- gym,
- gymnasium,
- hall,
- heave,
- hippodrome,
- hole,
- hollow,
- hollow out,
- hollow shell,
- hurl,
- hurtle,
- impel,
- incurve,
- jerk,
- jug,
- knuckleball,
- lacuna,
- lance,
- lateral,
- lateral pass,
- launch,
- let fly,
- lists,
- lob,
- locale,
- marketplace,
- mat,
- milieu,
- move,
- open forum,
- outcurve,
- palaestra,
- pan,
- parade ground,
- pass,
- pedal,
- peg,
- pelt,
- pit,
- pitch,
- pitchfork,
- place,
- platform,
- pocket,
- pole,
- porcelain,
- pot,
- pottery,
- precinct,
- prize ring,
- propel,
- public square,
- punch bowl,
- purlieu,
- push,
- put,
- put the shot,
- range,
- refractory,
- retire,
- retreat,
- ring,
- roll,
- roll up,
- row,
- scene,
- scene of action,
- scenery,
- scoop,
- screwball,
- serve,
- service,
- setting,
- shell,
- shot-put,
- shove,
- shunt,
- shy,
- sink,
- sinker,
- sinus,
- site,
- slider,
- sling,
- snap,
- socket,
- sphere,
- spin,
- spitball,
- spitter,
- squared circle,
- stadium,
- stage,
- stage set,
- stage setting,
- sweep,
- sweep along,
- terrain,
- theater,
- throw,
- thrust,
- tile,
- tiling,
- tilt,
- tilting ground,
- tiltyard,
- toss,
- treadle,
- troll,
- trough,
- trundle,
- upcurve,
- urn,
- vase,
- vug,
- walk,
- wheel,
- wrestling ring
Words containing 'Bowl'
- Bowled,
- Bowles,
- Bowling,
- Bowls,
- To bowl,
- bowl over,
- bowlful,
- Bowles, CA,
- Bowling Green,
- Bowling alley,
- Bowling crease,
- Finger bowl,
- Punch bowl,
- Slop bowl,
- To burn a bowl,
- Wassail bowl,
- bowling ball,
- bowling equipment,
- bowling league,
- bowling pin,
- bowling score,
- bowling shoe,
- candlepin bowling,
- cereal bowl,
- dust bowl,
- fish bowl,
- goldfish bowl,
- lawn bowling,
- mixing bowl,
- pipe bowl,
- salad bowl,
- soup bowl,
- sugar bowl,
- tenpin bowling,
- toilet bowl,
- Bowl-legged,
- Bowling Green, FL,
- Bowling Green, KY,
- Bowling Green, MO,
- Bowling Green, OH,
- Bowling Green, VA,
- bowl-shaped