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Definition bowl

Etymology 1

From Middle English bolle, from Old English bolla, bolle (�bowl, cup, pot, beaker, measure�), from Proto-Germanic *bull�, *bull? (�ball, round vessel, bowl�). Cognate with North Frisian bol (�bun, bread roll�), Middle Low German bolle, bole (�round object�), Dutch bol (�ball, sphere, scoop, dot�), German Bolle (�bulb�), Danish bolle (�bowl, bread roll�), Icelandic bolli (�cup�).

Noun

bowl (plural bowls)

1. A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
2. As much as is held by a bowl.
3. A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
4. The round hollow part of anything.
   1. The part of a spoon that holds content, as opposed to the handle.
   2. A part of a pipe or bong packed with marijuana for smoking
   3. (typography) A rounded portion of a glyph that encloses empty space, as in the letters d and o.
5. A round crater (or similar) in the ground.
6. (sports, theater) An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.
7. (American football) A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)

Etymology 2

From Middle English bowle, boule, from Old French boule (�ball�), from Latin bulla (�bubble, stud, round object�). Doublet of poll.

Noun

bowl (plural bowls)

1. The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
2. The action of bowling a ball.
3. (in the plural, but used with a singular verb) The game of bowls.

Verb

bowl (third-person singular simple present bowls, present participle bowling, simple past and past participle bowled)

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

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