Definition of bowl

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Bowl (n.) The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon..

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Horseback :: Horseback (n.) An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and bowlders, in a half-stratified condition..
Over-arm :: Over-arm (a.) Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. See Overhard.
Bowling :: Bowling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bow.
Bowl :: Bowl (v. t.) To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road..
Under-arm :: Under-arm (a.) Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, that is, not swung far out from the body; underhand. Cf. Over-arm and Round-Arm..
Chibouk :: Chibouk (n.) A Turkish pipe, usually with a mouthpiece of amber, a stem, four or five feet long and not pliant, of some valuable wood, and a bowl of baked clay..
Spoon :: Spoon (n.) An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food..
Monopetalous :: Monopetalous (a.) Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous..
Bowl :: Bowl (n.) 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..
Commode :: Commode (n.) A movable sink or stand for a wash bowl, with closet..
Sneak :: Sneak (n.) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub.
Rumbowline :: Rumbowline (n.) Same as Rombowline.
Bowl :: Bowl (n.) An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward..
Scorifier :: Scorifier (n.) One who, or that which, scorifies; specifically, a small flat bowl-shaped cup used in the first heating in assaying, to remove the earth and gangue, and to concentrate the gold and silver in a lead button..
Boulder :: Boulder (n.) Same as Bowlder.
Bockey :: Bockey (n.) A bowl or vessel made from a gourd.
Round-arm :: Round-arm (a.) Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally..
Cringle :: Cringle (n.) An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc..
Bowlder :: Bowlder (n.) Alt. of Boulde.
Bias :: Bias (n.) A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line..
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