bowl

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Derived terms 1.6 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Probably from French boule, a ball.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /bəʊl/
• (US) IPA: /boʊl/
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[edit] Noun

bowl (plural bowls)

1. A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
2. As much as is held by a bowl.

   You can’t have any more soup - you’ve had three bowls already.

3. The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
4. (also pudding bowl or bowl cut) A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
5. A round crater (or similar) in the ground.
6. The action of bowling a ball.
7. (in plural bowls but used with a singular verb) The game of bowls.
8. (American football) an important annual game, such as the Orange Bowl, the Rose Bowl, or the Super Bowl

[edit] Synonyms

• (as much as is held by a bowl): bowlful
• (haircut): bowl cut, pudding bowl
• (crater): crater, hollow
• (bowls): lawn bowls, lawn bowling

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[edit] Verb

to bowl (third-person singular simple present bowls, present participle bowling, simple past and past participle bowled)

1. (transitive) To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
2. (intransitive) To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).

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[edit] Derived terms

bowl along bowl cut, bowl-cut bowler bowling bowling alley bowling ball bowl out bowl over

dustbowl fruit bowl mixing bowl pudding bowl salad bowl singing bowl soup bowl

[edit] Anagrams

• blow