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Bowls

noun

1.

A bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack. Synonym: lawn bowling.

Bowl

noun

1.

A round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids.

2.

A concave shape with an open top. Synonym: trough.

3.

A dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods.

4.

The quantity contained in a bowl. Synonym: bowlful.

5.

A large structure for open-air sports or entertainments. Synonyms: arena, sports stadium, stadium.

6.

A large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling. Synonym: bowling ball.

7.

A wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling.

8.

A small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco. Synonym: pipe bowl.

9.

The act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling). Synonym: roll.

verb

(past & past part. bowled; pres. part. bowling)

1.

Roll (a ball).

2.

Hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end.

3.

Engage in the sport of bowling.

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— A Woman's Impression of the Philippines • Mary Helen Fee

... had no cause to complain of the dinner provided. First the lobsters served bowls of turtle soup, which proved hot and deliciously flavored. Then came salmon steaks fried in fish oil, with a fungus bread that tasted much like field mushrooms. Oysters, clams, soft-shell crabs and various preparations of seafoods followed. The salad ...

— The Sea Fairies • L. Frank Baum

... it was understood by all parties that the reign of the prince depended upon the consent of his subjects, and perhaps more still upon that of his drujina. A story is told that in Vladimir's time the drujina complained that they were made to eat from wooden bowls, whereupon he gave them silver ones, saying: I could not buy myself a drujina with gold and silver; but with a drujina, I can acquire gold and silver, as did my ...

— The Story of Russia • R. Van Bergen

... sat in the sunny sweet garden, looking over the great empty space where nature dwelt alone, or in the cosy little parlour, fragrant always with the scent of flowers and the pot-pourri with which the old blue bowls and teapots were filled. One of Esther's self-appointed duties was to keep the vases always fresh ...

— The Carroll Girls • Mabel Quiller-Couch

... the phrases always used in the business of charities and subscriptions in France has more than the intentional comedy of the farce- writer; one of the most absurd of his personages, wearying his visitors in the country with a perpetual game of bowls, says to them: "Nous jouons cinquante centimes—les benefices seront verses integralement a la souscription qui est ouverte a la commune pour la ...

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