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See also:Bowl

English

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Ancient Egyptian faience bowl, from circa 200–150 BC
French Neoclassical bowl (jatte à anses relevées or jatte écuelle), from circa 1787-1788

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishbolle, fromOld Englishbolla,bolle(“bowl, cup, pot, beaker, measure”), fromProto-West Germanic*bollā, fromProto-Germanic*bullǭ(“ball, round vessel, bowl”).

Cognate withNorth Frisianbol(“bun, bread roll”),Middle Low Germanbolle,bole(“round object”),Dutchbol(“ball, sphere, scoop, dot”),GermanBolle(“bulb”),Danishbolle(“bowl, bread roll”),Icelandicbolli(“cup”).Doublet ofboule andpulla.

Noun

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bowl (pluralbowls)

  2. A roughlyhemisphericalcontainer used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
  3. As much as is held by a bowl.
    Synonym:bowlful
    You can’t have any more soup – you’ve had threebowls already.
  4. (cooking) A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl.
    This restaurant offers a number of differentbowls.
    • 2021 October 23, Jane Black, “The Amazon of Quinoa Bowls”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN:
      Fresh ingredients are more expensive than highly processed ones and the result is grainbowls galore for those who can spend $10 or more per meal, and fast food full of salt, fat and sugar for everyone else.
  5. Ahaircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
    Synonyms:bowl cut,pudding bowl
  6. The round hollow part of anything.
    Direct the cleaning fluid around the toiletbowl and under the rim.
    1. The part of aspoon that holdscontent, as opposed to thehandle.
    3. Part of apipe,bong, or other smoking implement that holds the material to be burned.
      • 1882, Edwin Atlee Barber,Catalogue of the Collection of Tobacco Pipes Deposited by Edwin A. Barber,page11:
        195.Old German Pipe-Bowl ; carved wood ; design in front ofbowl – the letters P K K surrounded by a wreath ; lid wanting. Switzerland.
    4. The quantity of burnable content to be consumed in a pipe or bong.
      Let's smoke abowl!
      • 2010, Mark Arax,West of the West‎[2], page221:
        Purple smoke is no joke. Especially when it is real purple. The smell, taste, and high is easily one of the best in the world. Onebowl of some purple Kush, and I'm done for a couple of hours.
    5. (typography) A rounded portion of aglyph that encloses empty space, as in the letters d and o.
  7. (geography) A roundcrater (or similar) in the ground.
    Synonyms:crater,hollow
  8. (sports, theater) An elliptical-shapedstadium oramphitheater resembling a bowl.
  9. (American football) A postseason football competition, abowl game (i.e.Rose Bowl,Super Bowl)
Derived terms
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Translations
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container for food
as much as is held by a bowl—seebowlful
dish comprising a mix of different foods
haircut—seebowl cut
round hollow part of anything
part of a spoon
part of a pipe
typography: rounded portion of a glyph that encloses empty space
crater
elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater
American football: postseason football competition—seebowl game

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishbowle,boule, fromOld Frenchboule(“ball”), fromLatinbulla(“bubble, stud, round object”).Doublet ofpoll.

Noun

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bowl (pluralbowls)

  1. (bowls) The ball rolled by players in the game oflawn bowls.
  2. (sports) The action of bowling a ball.
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Translations
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lawn bowls—seebowls
ball used in lawn bowls
action of bowling a ball

Verb

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bowl (third-person singular simple presentbowls,present participlebowling,simple past and past participlebowled)

  1. (transitive) To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
    Synonyms:roll,throw;see alsoThesaurus:throw
  2. (intransitive) To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).
  3. (intransitive) To playbowling or a similar game.
  4. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.
    We werebowled rapidly along the road.
    • 1950 November, R. A. H. Weight, “A Railway Recorder in Southern England”, inRailway Magazine, page772:
      On busy days, they also may be seenbowling along the Brighton main line, north of Keymer Junction, with a relief Newhaven boat express,[…].
  5. To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
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Translations
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roll or throw (a ball)

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