1. A round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding grains or liquids
   "She mixed the cake batter in a large bowl"
    
2. A dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
   "He filled the bowl with fresh fruit for the table centrepiece"
    
3. A concave shape with an open top
   "She mixed the ingredients in a large bowl";
   - trough
    
4. The quantity contained in a bowl
   "She ate a bowl of cereal for breakfast";
   - bowlful
    
5. A large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling
   "He picked up a sixteen-pound bowl at the alley";
   - bowling ball
    
6. A wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling
   "The player carefully released the bowl, aiming for the jack"
    
7. [N. Amer] A large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
   "The cricket match was held in the new bowl";
   - stadium, arena, sports stadium
    
8. A small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco
   "He packed the pipe bowl with his favourite blend of tobacco";
   - pipe bowl
    
9. The act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
   "His perfect bowl knocked down all the pins";
   - roll

1. (bowling) roll (a ball)
   "He bowled a perfect strike"
    
2. Engage in the sport of bowling
   "My parents like to bowl on Friday nights"
    
3. (cricket) hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end
   "The fast bowler bowled a yorker to dismiss the batsman"

Sounds like: bole, boll

Derived forms: bowls, bowling, bowled

Type of: actuation, ball, cast, concave shape, concavity, construction, container, containerful, dish, hurl, hurtle, incurvation, incurvature, play, propulsion, roll, structure, vessel, wheel

Part of: bowling, bowling equipment, bowls, lawn bowling, pipe, tobacco pipe

Encyclopedia: Bowl, Harry