Search Result:bowls




Overview of noun bowls

The noun bowls has 1 sense


  • lawn bowling, bowls -- (a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack)


Overview of noun bowl

The noun bowl has 9 senses


  • bowl -- (a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids;)

  • bowl, trough -- (a concave shape with an open top)

  • bowl -- (a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods)

  • bowl, bowlful -- (the quantity contained in a bowl)

  • stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium -- (a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments)

  • bowling ball, bowl -- (a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling)

  • bowl -- (a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling)

  • bowl, pipe bowl -- (a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco)

  • roll, bowl -- (the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling))


Overview of verb bowl

The verb bowl has 3 senses


  • bowl -- (roll (a ball))

  • bowl -- (hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end)

  • bowl -- (engage in the sport of bowling; "My parents like to bowl on Friday nights")