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bowl1
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n.
1.
a round, deep dish or basin used for food or liquid:
a mixing bowl.
∎
the contents of such a container:
huge bowls of steaming spaghetti.
∎ [usu. in names]
a decorative round dish awarded as a prize in a competition:
the McGeorge Rose Bowl.
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a rounded, concave part of an object:
a toilet bowl
the bowl of a spoon.
∎
Geog.
a natural basin.
2.
[in names]
a stadium for sporting or musical events:
the Hollywood Bowl.
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a football game played after the regular season between leading or all-star teams:
[as adj.]
their last four bowl games.
DERIVATIVES:
bowl·ful
n.
bowl2
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v.
1. [tr.]
roll (a ball or hoop) along the ground:
she snatched her hat off and bowled it ahead of her like a hoop.
2. [intr.] play a game of tenpin bowling. ∎ [tr.] acheive a score in tenpin bowling.3.
[tr.] Cricket
deliver (a ball to a batsman).
4. [intr.]
move rapidly and smoothly in a specified direction:
they bowled along the country roads.
PHRASAL VERBS:
bowl someone over
knock someone down:
he was almost bowling people over in his haste.
∎ (usu. be bowled over) inf.
completely overwhelm or astonish someone, for example by one's good qualities or looks:
when he met Angela, he was just bowled over by her.
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Bowling admits role in scheme to divert $100K in grant money
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 8/26/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Cross Lanes computer executive Martin R. Bowling admitted Tuesday that he took part in...ultimately received as an employee bonus. Bowling, 30, faces a minimum of two years in...s scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 3. Bowling, who pleaded guilty Tuesday, is cooperating...
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Bowling is Rolling into Downtown Chicago.
PR Newswire; 11/23/1998; 700+ words
; ...CHICAGO, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- AMF Bowling Worldwide (NYSE: PIN), the largest owner and operator of bowling centers in the world, today announced...City Lanes, Chicago's only downtown bowling center. The 36-lane facility joins...
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Bowling shirts: the perfect game.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Wearables Business; 8/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...and spares was a kind of fashion: the bowling shirt. Loose-fitting, vaguely Hawaiian...embroidered with players' nicknames, the bowling shirt came to symbolize a simpler time...all, what could be more leisurely than bowling? Well, when an icon like Dick Weber...
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Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/24/1999; ; 700+ words
; If you haven't gone bowling recently, you've had lots of company...60s made recreational and competitive bowling a major part of American social life. But the prevailing image of a bowling alley for those growing up in the '70s...
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BOWLING, REFRAMED.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 5/21/2003; ; 700+ words
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Bowling alleys rolling out options
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 3/23/2003; ; 700+ words
; RICHMOND, Va. -- When you think of bowling today, forget Ralph Kramden or Fred Flintstone...s mother, Mandy. "She really loves bowling." But there were other inducements...a drink," Granai said. For years, bowling purists have bewailed bowling centers...
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BOWLING FOR CUSTOMERS; Pizza, video games help revive a sagging business
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 3/24/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Ledger staff and news services QUINCY For years, bowling purists have bewailed bowling centers' catering to customers more interested...and adults' playtime - much like golf today - bowling's popularity has faded. Bowling's slump was...
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 "The Hawk Eye (Burlington, IA)")
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Bowling bonanza.
News Wire article from: The Hawk Eye (Burlington, IA); 1/1/2009; 700+ words
; ...is no reason to stay indoors this weekend. Go bowling instead. There are eight bowling alleys in southeast Iowa and western Illinois...school fun and lively entertainment. King Pins bowling alley in FunCity features 24 lanes, automatic...
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Bowling rolls a strike in Metro Detroit; Survey says sport ranks high among recreational activities
Newspaper article from: Michigan Chronicle; 9/23/2003; 700+ words
; ...A new survey of Metro Detroiters says bowling is among the most popular leisure-time...appears the aggressive efforts of many local bowling centers to better market the sport to new generations of bowlers are paying off. Bowling is within striking distance of movies...
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Bowling
Book article from: American Decades
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SIC 7933 Bowling Centers
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
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Bowling Ball
Book article from: How Products Are Made
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AMF Bowling, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
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Bowling for Soup
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
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