bowl
bowls; bowling; bowled
A bowl is a rounded dish that holds food. Many people start the day with a bowl of cereal.
You might keep your sugar in a sugar bowl, or stir up a batch of brownies in a big mixing bowl. In either case, you've got a wide dish with curved sides that's open on the top. You can call other things with a similar shape bowls too, like a toilet bowl or the bowl of a spoon. When bowl is a verb, it means to roll or throw a ball in a game.
Definitions of bowl
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a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids;
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fish bowl, fishbowl, goldfish bowl
a transparent bowl in which small fish are kept
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jorum
a large drinking bowl
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mazer
a large hardwood drinking bowl
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toilet bowl
the bowl of a toilet that can be flushed with water
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vessel
an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
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a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
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cereal bowl
a bowl for holding breakfast cereal
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finger bowl
small bowl for rinsing the fingers at table
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mixing bowl
bowl used with an electric mixer
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porringer
a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle)
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punch bowl
a large bowl for serving beverages; usually with a ladle
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salad bowl
a large bowl for mixing and serving a salad
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slop basin, slop bowl
a bowl into which the dregs of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table
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soup bowl
a bowl for serving soup
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dish
a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
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the quantity contained in a bowl
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bowlful
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containerful
the quantity that a container will hold
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containerful
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a concave shape with an open top
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synonyms:
trough
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concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
a shape that curves or bends inward
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concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
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a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco
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a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
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arena, sports stadium, stadium
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amphitheater, amphitheatre, coliseum
an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held
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ballpark, park
a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)
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bullring
a stadium where bullfights take place
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circus
(antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
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covered stadium, dome, domed stadium
a stadium that has a roof
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football stadium
a stadium where football games are held
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hippodrome
a stadium for horse shows or horse races
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skybox
an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium
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construction, structure
a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
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a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling
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bowling ball
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ball
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
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ball
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a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling
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ball
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
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ball
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the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
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roll
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actuation, propulsion
the act of propelling
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actuation, propulsion
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hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end
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engage in the sport of bowling
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roll (a ball)
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