bowl

bowl
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n
1. dish, saucer, porringer, boat, tureen, flagon; basin, sink, tub, pan; vessel, receptacle, container.
2. cup, mug, tankard, stein, toby, rummer, noggin, Chiefly Scot. tass, Scot and North Eng. stoup, Chiefly Brit. panikin; goblet, glass, tumbler, beaker, Literary. chalice.
3. drinking, tippling, imbibition; conviviality, merriment, joviality, festivity, partying, living it up.
4. crater, hollow, hole; dip, depression, indentation, valley.
5. stadium, coliseum, arena, field house; amphitheater, theater, arena stage, theater in the round.
6. bowl game
football game, tournament, tourney, meet, play-off, championship, Sports. invitational
v
7. incline, pitch, slope, slant, lean, curve.
II
v
1. roll, trundle, troll; spin, reel, wheel, whirl, gyrate, revolve, rotate; pitch, hurl, fling, throw; knock, strike.
2. carry, convey, transport, move, tote, cart.
3. bowl over
Informal. surprise, astonish, dum-found, flabbergast; disconcert, upset.

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  • Bowl — may refer to:* Bowl (drug culture), the receptacle in which marijuana is placed prior to smoking * Bowl, slang meaning to walk in the UK: Let s bowl * Bowl (vessel), a common open top vessel used to serve food * Bowls, a precision sport popular… …   Wikipedia

  • bowl — bowl1 [bōl] n. [ME bolle < OE bolla, cup, bowl < IE base * bhel , to swell, inflate (see BALL1); infl. in OE by L bulla, bubble, ball] 1. a deep, rounded container or dish, open at the top 2. the capacity or contents of a bowl 3. a thing or …   English World dictionary

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bowl — à Seattle Le bowl : à l origine, une …   Wikipédia en Français

  • bowl — Ⅰ. bowl [1] ► NOUN 1) a round, deep dish or basin. 2) a rounded, concave part of an object. 3) a natural basin. 4) chiefly N. Amer. a stadium for sporting or musical events. ORIGIN Old English, related to BOLL(Cf. ↑ …   English terms dictionary

  • 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bowl — ‘round receptacle’ [OE] and bowl ‘ball used in bowls’ [15] come from different sources. The former (Old English bolle or bolla) comes ultimately from the Germanic base *bul , *bal , which was also the source of English ball, balloon, and ballot.… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • bowl — bowl; bowl·der·ing; bowl·dery; …   English syllables

  • bowl — ‘round receptacle’ [OE] and bowl ‘ball used in bowls’ [15] come from different sources. The former (Old English bolle or bolla) comes ultimately from the Germanic base *bul , *bal , which was also the source of English ball, balloon, and ballot.… …   Word origins

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