meaning of bowl
1. A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.
2. Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking.
3. The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.
4. The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.
5. A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled.
6. An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward.
7. The game of tenpins or bowling.
8. To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.
9. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road.
10. To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
11. To play with bowls.
12. To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc.
13. To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along.
14. a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
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