English

Etymology

Probably from the French boule , a ball.

Noun

bowl (plural bowls )

1. A concave container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup.
2. The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls .
3. A round hair cut (also known as pudding bowl or bowl cut).
4. A round crater (or similar) in the ground.
5. The action of bowling a ball.

Derived terms

• bowl cut
• fruit bowl
• mixing bowl
• pudding bowl
• salad bowl
• soup bowl

Translations

• (1): kulho , kuppi , malja

  (1): bol m

  (1): scodella f

• Lithuanian: dubuo m (1); dubenėlis m (3)

  (1): tazón m

Verb

to bowl (bowls , bowled, bowling)

1. to roll or throw the ball (in the correct manner) in cricket, ten-pin bowling, lawn bowls, etc
2. to serve out food.

Translations

• Finnish: keilata

Derived terms

• bowl along
• bowler
• bowling alley
• bowling ball
• bowl out
• bowl over