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")