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- Dictionarybowl/bəʊl/
noun
- 1. a wooden or hard rubber ball, slightly asymmetrical so that it runs on a curved course, used in the game of bowls.
- 2. a spell or turn of bowling in cricket.
verb
- 1. roll (a ball or other round object) along the ground: "she snatched her hat off and bowled it ahead of her"
- 2. (of a bowler) propel (the ball) with a straight arm towards the batter, typically in such a way that the ball bounces once: "Lillee bowled another bouncer" Similar
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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.
noun. /bəʊl/. /bəʊl/. container. [countable] (especially in compounds) a deep round dish with a wide open top, used especially for holding food or liquid. a salad/fruit/sugar bowl. a washing-up bowl. I refilled the dog's water bowl. Sieve the flour into a bowl.
