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bowl

/boʊl/

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What does bowl mean?

noun

  1. As much as is held by a bowl.
  2. A dish comprising a mix of different foods served in a bowl, usually named after the base ingredient at the bottom or after a different dish that it simulates.
  3. The non-mesh outer-container part of a salad spinner.
More meanings (26)

noun

  1. The round container surface of a mortar (hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle).
  2. A water bowl, such as for a pet.
  3. One of the seven bowls of water used as ceremonial offerings in Buddhist practice.
  4. One of the seven bowls representing plagues described in Revelations in Christian theology.
  5. The round hollow part of anything; anything shaped like a bowl.
  6. The part of a spoon that holds content, as opposed to the handle.
  7. The part of a cup that holds a liquid, as opposed to the handle.
  8. The surface of a sink that receives liquid and has a drain.
  9. The spinning core of a centrifugal separator.
  10. Part of a pipe, bong, or other smoking implement that holds the material to be burned.
  11. The quantity of burnable content to be consumed in a pipe or bong.
  12. A round vessel used in various occult, spiritual or divinatory practices.
  13. A rounded portion of a glyph that encloses empty space, as in the letters d and o.
  14. A round crater (or similar) in the ground; a region shaped like a bowl.
  15. An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.
  16. A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl).
  17. A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming an overturned-bowl shape.
  18. A singing bowl.
  19. A begging bowl
  20. The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
  21. The action of bowling a ball.

verb

  1. To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
  2. To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).
  3. To play bowling or a similar game.
  4. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.
  5. To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
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But before this I had picked up a wooden bowl and was rushing past the king on my way to the brook.
Mark TwainA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtProject Gutenberg ebook #86
The blind man also played at bowls very successfully, receiving the odds of a bowl extra for the deficiency of each eye.
Samuel SmilesThe Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer With an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great BritainProject Gutenberg ebook #939
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Lindstrom threw a last tender glance at his bowl, picked up a little bottle of spirit, and went into the next room.
Roald AmundsenThe South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1Translated by Arthur G. ChaterProject Gutenberg ebook #3414
It was now each one's business to break up his bit with his fingers and to fill his bowl as he pleased.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of AutobiographyTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3422
When the meal is finished, an attendant waits on each guest with a brazen bowl, an ewer of water and a towel.
Thomas StevensAround the World on a Bicycle - Volume I From San Francisco to TeheranProject Gutenberg ebook #5136