Bowl

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1. Noun

A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.

2. Noun

Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking.

3. Noun

The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.

4. Noun

The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.

5. Noun

A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled.

6. Noun

An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward.

7. Noun

The game of tenpins or bowling.

8. Verb

To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.

9. Verb

To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road.

10. Verb

To pelt or strike with anything rolled.

11. Verb

To play with bowls.

12. Verb

To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc.

13. Verb

To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along.

14. Noun

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
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