bowl
nounEtymology
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.
Definitions
A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit…
A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
As much as is held by a bowl.
- You can’t have any more soup – you’ve had three bowls already.
A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a…
A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl.
- This restaurant offers a number of different bowls.
- poke bowl
- Fresh ingredients are more expensive than highly processed ones and the result is grain bowls galore for those who can spend $10 or more per meal, and fast food full of salt, fat and sugar for everyone else.
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A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a…
A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
The round hollow part of anything.
- Direct the cleaning fluid around the toilet bowl and under the rim.
A round crater (or similar) in the ground.
An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.
A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)
The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
The action of bowling a ball.
To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
- Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, / And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven.
To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).
To play bowling or a similar game.
To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.
- We were bowled rapidly along the road.
- On busy days, they also may be seen bowling along the Brighton main line, north of Keymer Junction, with a relief Newhaven boat express, […].
To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
- Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth, / And bowled to death with turnips.
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Derived
begging bowl, bowlback, bowl barrow, bowl chair, bowl cut, bowl game, bowl haircut, bowl hat, bowllike, bowl lute, bowlmaker, bowlmaking, bowl of cherries, bowl pack, bowl-shaped, bowl wax, brandy bowl, bread bowl, Buddha bowl, burrito bowl, clean bowl, coffee bowl, doggy dinner bowl look, dustbowl, embowl, finger bowl, fish bowl, fishbowl, food bowl, fruit bowl, goldfish bowl, iron rice bowl, lawn-bowl, lawn bowl, mazer bowl, mixing bowl, nutbowl, pipe-bowl, poké bowl, pudding bowl · +47 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at bowl. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at bowl. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at bowl
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA