bowl

Meaning

Noun

1. A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
2. As much as is held by a bowl.
3. A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl.
4. A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
5. The round hollow part of anything.
6. The round hollow part of anything.
7. The round hollow part of anything.
8. The round hollow part of anything.
9. The round hollow part of anything.
10. A round crater (or similar) in the ground.
11. An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.
12. A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)

Verb

1. (transitive) To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
2. (intransitive) To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).
3. (intransitive) To play bowling or a similar game.
4. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.
5. To pelt or strike with anything rolled.

Synonyms

basin

cup

dish

plate

vessel

tub

pot

trough

vase

deep dish

container

pelvis

jar

🫙

porringer

stadium

🏟️

goblet

pan

ball

roll

sphere

sports stadium

bowlful

throw

arena

bowling ball

pool

ablutions

rice bowl

globe

glass

flowerpot

tumbler

basket

🧺

reservoir

orb

pitch

pipe bowl

conglomeration

box

📦

conglobation

conch

boule

clod

cistern

bottle

jack

chunk

input

grail

chalice

Translations

bol

Schüssel

écuelle

Schale

tigela

kom

ciotola

bol

tazón

scodella

cuenco

escudilla

schaal

🐚

vont

bekken

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bəʊl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bolle

Inherited from Old English: bolla

Cognate with Northern Frisian: bol

Cognate with Middle Low German: bolle

Cognate with Dutch: bol

Cognate with German: Bolle

Cognate with Danish: bolle

Cognate with Icelandic: bolli

Inherited from Middle English: bowle

In summary

From Middle English bolle, from Old English bolla, bolle (“bowl, cup, pot, beaker, measure”), from Proto-West Germanic *bollā, from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ (“ball, round vessel, bowl”).
Cognate with North Frisian bol (“bun, bread roll”), Middle Low German bolle, bole (“round object”), Dutch bol (“ball, sphere, scoop, dot”), German Bolle (“bulb”), Danish bolle (“bowl, bread roll”), Icelandic bolli (“cup”). Doublet of boule and pulla.

Sentences

A young girl is mixing something yellow in a bowl .

The colored sands are then poured into the bowl and stirred by hand .

A football player , he was a starter on Wyoming's Sugar Bowl team .

After the " bowl " empties , it dries out and rights itself , creating the " dry moon ".

The Hamilton Bowl overflowed , flooding the Signal Hill area .