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bowl

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[ US /ˈboʊɫ/ ]
[ UK /bˈə‍ʊl/ ]
VERB
  1. roll (a ball)
  2. engage in the sport of bowling
    My parents like to bowl on Friday nights
  3. hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end
NOUN
  1. a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling
  2. a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco
  3. a concave shape with an open top
  4. a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling
  5. the quantity contained in a bowl
  6. a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
  7. the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
  8. a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids
  9. a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
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How To Use bowl In A Sentence

  • Divide half the mixture between 4 glass bowls, then sprinkle with a few fresh raspberries and a bit more crushed honeycomb. The Sun
  • Whisk the egg in a bowl and heat a little oil in a nonstick pan. Times, Sunday Times
  • Just before serving, prepare a few small cheese ravioli and place them in each bowl before you add the soup.
  • Kaboom, then home for chow, a few beers and a couple of frames of bowling. CORMORANT
  • Three hours packed with a quick-fire century, a couple of bouncers, two-thirds of a hat-trick, a dropped catch, several bowled wickets and innumerable fours and sixers.
  • Yovich was next to go, bowled for four by a beauty that clipped the top of off stump as it swung away from him.
  • The six tapestries she planted come alive with interwoven threads of color and texture from golden boxleaf honeysuckle, lavender, hebe, leatherleaf sedge, and Bowles' golden sedge bordered by dwarf boxwood.
  • Transfer the drained veg to a large bowl. Times, Sunday Times
  • A short fellow with a refined bearing, Gavaskar consistently got hundreds and double-hundreds against top-class bowling.
  • The cats were then taken out of the room for 15 minutes, and the four bowls were replaced with identical empty ones. Times, Sunday Times
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