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Meaning of bowl in English

bowl noun (DISH)

soup bowl

cereal bowl

salad bowl

sugar bowl

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bowl noun (GAME)

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bowl verb [I or T] (ROLL)

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bowl verb [I or T] (CRICKET)

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(Definition of bowl from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of bowl

bowl

The open-wided dishes and bowls come in similar shapes, but a range of sizes.

From this chamber they managed to recover some unbroken bowls and jars.

The usual forms are pots, jars, bowls, and shallow dishes.

The concentration of offerings included tripod bowls, plates, miniature ollas, and shell bracelets.

However, they can do the task when the bowls contain numerals, which they are already trained to understand.

How can we locate differences between players of singing bowls or didgeridoos?

Put very simply, cricket is a sport in which two competing teams take turns at batting and bowling; while one side bats, the other bowls.

Similar bowls were found in other ' eastern stream' sites.

The reference objects used were transparent bowls (of similar dimensions to each other) and a white plate (for some of the distracter scenes).

The omnipresence of the temple bowls lends a ceremonial air, highlighting the sacred nature of many of the poems.

There are two bowls made from sheet copper covered with gold foil.

Small bowls (shuiwan for water and fanban for food) are placed next to lingfang.

A few other vessels, almost always additional bowls, could be placed in the same feature.

Common vessel forms included flat-bottomed bowls (cajetes), jars, and buckets.

We can suggest that burials contained six or more vessels, but when individuals were exhumed, they were reinterred with fewer goods, primarily bowls.

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Collocations with bowl

These are words often used in combination with bowl.

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begging bowl

He painted an exceedingly black picture—indeed, a picture of a begging bowl society.

bowl appearance

The team went undefeated in 1963, earning the academy its first-ever post-season bowl appearance.

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bowl game

The bowl was the first of 35 played in the 201213 bowl game season.

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Translations of bowl

in Chinese (Traditional)

碗狀物, 碗, 缽…

in Chinese (Simplified)

碗状物, 碗, 钵…

in Spanish

cuenco, bol, tazón…

in Portuguese

tigela, vaso, lançar a bocha…

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bol [masculine], saladier [masculine], cuvette [feminine]…

மேலே திறந்திருக்கும் மற்றும் பழம், சர்க்கரை போன்றவற்றை வைக்கும் அளவிற்கு இடம் இருக்கும் ஒரு வட்ட கொள்கலன்.…

boccia, spille boccia, kaste…

bola golek, bermain bola golek, melontar…

die Kugel, Bowls spielen, kegeln…

bolle [masculine], skål [masculine], kum [masculine]…

куля, грати в кулі, подавати…

বাটি, একটি গোলাকার পাত্র যা উপরের দিকে খোলা থাকে এবং ফল, চিনি ইত্যাদি রাখার জন্য যথেষ্ট গভীর…

(dřevěná) koule, hrát koule, nadhazovat (míček)…

bola boling, main boling, melempar bola…

ลูกโบว์ลิ่ง, เล่นโบว์ลิ่ง, ส่งลูกให้ผู้ตีในกีฬาคริกเก็ต…

quả bóng bowling, chơi bóng gỗ, ném bóng qua đầu…

miska, toczyć, grać w kręgle…

scodella, ciotola, piatto fondo…

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