Bowls

/boʊlz/

Meaning & Definition

noun

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

She served the soup in large ceramic bowls.

A game played on a green consisting of a level area of grass with a mound of earth at each end.

He enjoys playing bowls every Saturday at the club.

A rounded, typically hollow object used in sports or games.

The bowling balls were stored in a special area of the bowling alley.

verb

To throw a ball in a game of bowling.

She bowls every Saturday with her friends.

To play the game of bowls.

They bowl at the local green every weekend.

Middle English 'bowl', from Old French 'bol', from Latin 'bolla', meaning 'ball'.

bowls over:

To astonish or impress someone greatly.

to bowl a strike:

In bowling, to knock down all the pins with the first roll.

Referring to marijuana in a pipe or bong.

Let's smoke a bowl before we head out.

To bowl someone over, meaning to surprise or overwhelm someone.

Her performance really bowls me over.