Bowl

/boʊl/

Meaning & Definition

noun

A round, deep dish or basin used for food or liquid.

Please pass me the salad bowl.

A rounded, typically deep container used for serving or holding food.

He filled the bowl with soup.

The score achieved in a game of bowling.

She achieved a perfect bowl in the last frame.

verb

To roll a ball towards a target, especially in sports such as bowling.

He learned how to bowl properly in his bowling league.

To move forward in a curved path.

The kite began to bowl gracefully in the sky.

Middle English: from Old Norse 'bolli', of unknown ultimate origin.

bowl over

To astonish or overwhelm someone.

bowl me a line

To tell someone a tall tale or lie.

bowlful

The amount that a bowl can hold.

bowl game

A post-season college football game.

To smoke marijuana using a bowl.

They took a break to bowl in the park.

To mess up or fail a task.

I really bowled on that exam; I didn't study.