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Meaning of bowls
noun
- A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
- As much as is held by a bowl. Example: You can’t have any more soup – you’ve had three bowls already.
- A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl. Example: This restaurant offers a number of different bowls.
- A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
- The round hollow part of anything. Example: Direct the cleaning fluid around the toilet bowl and under the rim.
noun
- The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
- The action of bowling a ball.
- (in the plural, but used with a singular verb) The game of bowls.
verb
- To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
- To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).
- To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels. Example: We were bowled rapidly along the road.
- To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
noun
- A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do.
- A ball used in the game of bowls
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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