meaning of bowl

1. A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.
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.
5.
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.
An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward.
7.
The game of tenpins or bowling.
8.
To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.
9.
To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road.
10.
To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
11.
To play with bowls.
12.
To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc.
13.
To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along.
14.
a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods


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