| bowl |  | |
| 1. n. A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items. | |
| 2. n. As much as is held by a bowl. | |
| You can’t have any more soup – you’ve had three bowls already. | |
| 3. n. A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape. | |
| 4. n. The round hollow part of anything. | |
| Direct the cleaning fluid around the toilet bowl and under the rim. | |
| 5. n. The part of a spoon that holds content, as opposed to the handle. | |
| 6. n. A part of a pipe or bong packed with marijuana for smoking | |
| Let's smoke a bowl! | |
| 7. n. (typography) A rounded portion of a glyph that encloses empty space, as in the letters d and o. | |
| 8. n. A round crater (or similar) in the ground. | |
| 9. n. (sports) An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl. | |
| 10. n. (American football) A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl) | |
| 11. n. The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls. | |
| 12. n. The action of bowling a ball. | |
| 13. n. (in the but used with a singular verb) The game of bowls. | |
| 14. v. To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports. | |
| 15. v. (intransitive) To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports). | |
| 16. v. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels. | |
| We were bowled rapidly along the road. | |
| 17. v. To pelt or strike with anything rolled. | |
