bowl

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[[t]boʊl[/t]]

n.

1) cer a rather deep, round dish or basin, used chiefly for holding liquids, food, etc

2) the contents of a bowl

3) a rounded, cuplike, hollow part:

the bowl of a pipe[/ex]

4) cer a large drinking cup

5) any bowl-shaped depression or formation

6) amphitheater; stadium

7) spo Also calledbowl′ game`. an invitational postseason football game between two superior teams or for all-stars

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Etymology: bef. 950; ME bolle, OE bolla; c. ON bolli. See boll bowl′like`, adj. II

bowl

[[t]boʊl[/t]] n.

1) spo one of the biased or weighted balls used in lawn bowling

2) spo bowls, (used with a sing. v.)

sc lawn bowling

3) spo a delivery of the ball in bowling or lawn bowling

4) spo to play at bowling or lawn bowling

5) to move along smoothly and rapidly

6) spo Cricket. to deliver the ball to be played by the batsman

7) to roll or trundle, as a ball or hoop

8) spo to attain by bowling:

She bowls a good game[/ex]

9) to knock or strike, as by the ball in bowling

10) phv bowl over, to surprise greatly

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Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME bowle, var. of boule < MF < L bulla bubble, knob; cf. boil I, bola