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Webster 1913 Edition

Bowl

Bowl

(bōl)
,
Noun.
[OE.
bolle
, AS.
bolla
; akin to Icel.
bolli
, Dan.
bolle
, G.
bolle
, and perh. to E.
boil
a tumor. Cf.
Boll
.]
1.
A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.
Brought them food in
bowls
of basswood.
Longfellow.
2.
Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking.
3.
The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.
4.
The hollow part of a thing;
as, the
bowl
of a spoon
.

Bowl

(bōl)
,
Noun.
[F.
boule
, fr. L.
bulla
bubble, stud. Cf.
Bull
an edict,
Bill
a writing.]
1.
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.
2.
pl.
An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward.
Like an uninstructed bowler, . . . who thinks to attain the jack by delivering his
bowl
straightforward upon it.
Sir W. Scott.
3.
pl
.
The game of tenpins or bowling.
[U.S.]

Bowl

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bowled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bowling
.]
1.
To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.
Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel,
And
bowl
the round nave down the hill of heaven.
Shakespeare
2.
To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels;
as, we were
bowled
rapidly along the road
.
3.
To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
Alas, I had rather be set quick i’ the earth,
And
bowled
to death with turnips[GREEK]
Shakespeare
To bowl
(a player)
out
,
in cricket, to put out a striker by knocking down a bail or a stump in bowling.

Bowl

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To play with bowls.
2.
To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc.
3.
To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball;
as, the carriage
bowled
along
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bowl

BOWL

,
Noun.
[In Latin, vola is the hollow of the hand.]
1.
A concave vessel to hold liquors, rather wide than deep, and thus distinguished from a cup, which is rather deep than wide.
2.
The hollow part of any thing; as the bowl of a spoon.
3.
A basin; a fountain.

BOWL

,
Noun.
A ball of wood used for play on a level plat of ground.

BOWL

,
Verb.
I.
To play with bowls, or at bowling.

BOWL

,
Verb.
T.
To roll as a bowl; also, to pelt with any thing rolled.

Definition 2024

bowl

bowl

English

A bowl.

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.
    You can’t have any more soup - you’ve had three bowls already.‎
  3. A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
  4. A round crater (or similar) in the ground.
  5. The part of a spoon that holds content, as opposed to the handle.
  6. a part of a pipe or bong packed with marijuana for smoking
    • 2010, Mark Arax, West of the West, page 221
      “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. One bowl of some purple Kush, and I'm done for a couple of hours.
    Let's smoke a bowl!
  7. (sports) An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.
  8. (American football) a postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)
  9. (typography) A rounded portion of a glyph that encloses empty space, as in the letters d and o.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English bowle, boule, from Old French boule ‎(“ball”), from Latin bulla ‎(“bubble, stud, round object”), from Proto-Indo-European *bōul- ‎(“bubble, round object”). Cognate with Middle Low German poll ‎(“head, top, summit”). More at 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.
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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.
    • Shakespeare
      Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, / And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven.
  2. (intransitive) To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).
  3. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.
    We were bowled rapidly along the road.‎
  4. To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
    • Shakespeare
      Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth, / And bowled to death with turnips.
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Etymology

From Middle English bolle, from Old English bolla, bolle ‎(“bowl, cup, pot, beaker, measure”), from Proto-Germanic *bullô, *bullǭ ‎(“ball, round vessel, bowl”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhl-, from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- ‎(“to blow, inflate, swell, bubble”). 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”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bəʊl/, /bɔʊl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /boʊl/
  • Rhymes: -əʊl

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