Sekirov Dictionary

bowl

UK /bəʊl/US /boʊl/

noun25

  1. a round dish with high sides, for holding food such as soup or fruit, or for mixing it
  2. The non-mesh outer-container part of a salad spinner.
  3. The round container surface of a mortar (hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle).
  4. A water bowl, such as for a pet.
  5. One of the seven bowls of water used as ceremonial offerings in Buddhist practice.
  6. One of the seven bowls representing plagues described in Revelations in Christian theology.
  7. A round vessel used in various occult, spiritual or divinatory practices.
  8. A singing bowl.
  9. A begging bowl
  10. The round hollow part of anything; anything shaped like a bowl.
  11. The part of a spoon that holds content, as opposed to the handle.
  12. The part of a cup that holds a liquid, as opposed to the handle.
  13. The surface of a sink that receives liquid and has a drain.
  14. The spinning core of a centrifugal separator.
  15. Part of a pipe, bong, or other smoking implement that holds the material to be burned.
  16. A rounded portion of a glyph that encloses empty space, as in the letters d and o.
  17. A round crater (or similar) in the ground; a region shaped like a bowl.
  18. An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.
  19. A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming an overturned-bowl shape.
  20. A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl).
  21. As much as is held by a bowl.
  22. A dish comprising a mix of different foods served in a bowl, usually named after the base ingredient at the bottom or after a different dish that it simulates.
  23. The quantity of burnable content to be consumed in a pipe or bong.
  24. The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
  25. The action of bowling a ball.

verb5

  1. To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
  2. To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).
  3. To play bowling or a similar game.
  4. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.
  5. To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
forms

bowled · bowling · bowls

Phrases with bowl

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