bowl
♦ bowl /b'oʊl/ (bowls bowling bowled)
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A bowl is a round container with a wide uncovered top. Some kinds of bowl are used, for example, for serving or eating food from, or in cooking, while other larger kinds are used for washing or cleaning.
Put all the ingredients into a large bowl...
2 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
The contents of a bowl can be referred to as a bowl of something.
...a bowl of soup.
3 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
You can refer to the hollow rounded part of an object as its bowl.
He smacked the bowl of his pipe into his hand.
...the toilet bowl.
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Bowls is a game in which players try to roll large wooden balls as near as possible to a small wooden ball. Bowls is usually played outdoors on grass. (BRIT; in AM, use lawn bowling)
5 [N-COUNT] usu pl
A set of bowls is a set of round wooden balls that you play bowls with.
6 [VERB] V n, V
In a sport such as cricket, when a bowler bowls a ball, he or she sends it down the pitch towards a batsman.
I can't see the point of bowling a ball like that...
He bowled so well that we won two matches.
7 [VERB] V prep/adv
If you bowl along in a car or on a boat, you move along very quickly, especially when you are enjoying yourself.
Veronica looked at him, smiling, as they bowled along...
8 [N-IN-NAMES] the n N
A large stadium where sports or concerts take place is sometimes called a Bowl.
...the Crystal Palace Bowl.
...the Rose Bowl.
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see also bowling, begging bowl, mixing bowl, mixing bowl, punch bowl, salad bowl, sugar bowlbeg|ging bowl (begging bowls)
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If a country or organization approaches other countries or organizations with a begging bowl, it asks them for money. (mainly BRIT)
He said earlier that he is not holding out a begging bowl.bowl over
1 [PHRASAL VERB] be V-ed P, V n P (not pron), also V P n
To bowl someone over means to push into them and make them fall to the ground.
The only physical risk I ran was being bowled over by one of the many joggers...
Some people had to cling to trees as the flash flood bowled them over.
= knock over
2 [PHRASAL VERB] be V-ed P, V n P, also V P n (not pron)
If you are bowled over by something, you are very impressed or surprised by it.
Like any tourist, I was bowled over by India.
...a man who bowled her over with his humour and charm.fruit bowl (fruit bowls)
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A fruit bowl is a large bowl in which fruit is kept and displayed.mix|ing bowl (mixing bowls)
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A mixing bowl is a large bowl used for mixing ingredients.punch bowl (punch bowls)
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A punch bowl is a large bowl in which drinks, especially punch, are mixed and served.sal|ad bowl (salad bowls)
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A salad bowl is a large bowl from which salad is served at a meal.sug|ar bowl (sugar bowls)
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A sugar bowl is a small bowl in which sugar is kept.
1 [N-COUNT]
A bowl is a round container with a wide uncovered top. Some kinds of bowl are used, for example, for serving or eating food from, or in cooking, while other larger kinds are used for washing or cleaning.
Put all the ingredients into a large bowl...
2 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
The contents of a bowl can be referred to as a bowl of something.
...a bowl of soup.
3 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
You can refer to the hollow rounded part of an object as its bowl.
He smacked the bowl of his pipe into his hand.
...the toilet bowl.
4 [N-UNCOUNT]
Bowls is a game in which players try to roll large wooden balls as near as possible to a small wooden ball. Bowls is usually played outdoors on grass. (BRIT; in AM, use lawn bowling)
5 [N-COUNT] usu pl
A set of bowls is a set of round wooden balls that you play bowls with.
6 [VERB] V n, V
In a sport such as cricket, when a bowler bowls a ball, he or she sends it down the pitch towards a batsman.
I can't see the point of bowling a ball like that...
He bowled so well that we won two matches.
7 [VERB] V prep/adv
If you bowl along in a car or on a boat, you move along very quickly, especially when you are enjoying yourself.
Veronica looked at him, smiling, as they bowled along...
8 [N-IN-NAMES] the n N
A large stadium where sports or concerts take place is sometimes called a Bowl.
...the Crystal Palace Bowl.
...the Rose Bowl.
9
see also bowling, begging bowl, mixing bowl, mixing bowl, punch bowl, salad bowl, sugar bowlbeg|ging bowl (begging bowls)
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If a country or organization approaches other countries or organizations with a begging bowl, it asks them for money. (mainly BRIT)
He said earlier that he is not holding out a begging bowl.bowl over
1 [PHRASAL VERB] be V-ed P, V n P (not pron), also V P n
To bowl someone over means to push into them and make them fall to the ground.
The only physical risk I ran was being bowled over by one of the many joggers...
Some people had to cling to trees as the flash flood bowled them over.
= knock over
2 [PHRASAL VERB] be V-ed P, V n P, also V P n (not pron)
If you are bowled over by something, you are very impressed or surprised by it.
Like any tourist, I was bowled over by India.
...a man who bowled her over with his humour and charm.fruit bowl (fruit bowls)
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A fruit bowl is a large bowl in which fruit is kept and displayed.mix|ing bowl (mixing bowls)
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A mixing bowl is a large bowl used for mixing ingredients.punch bowl (punch bowls)
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A punch bowl is a large bowl in which drinks, especially punch, are mixed and served.sal|ad bowl (salad bowls)
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A salad bowl is a large bowl from which salad is served at a meal.sug|ar bowl (sugar bowls)
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A sugar bowl is a small bowl in which sugar is kept.