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bowl1 / bōl/ • 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. ∎ 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. ∎ 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 • 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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"bowl." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bowl." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-bowl.html "bowl." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-bowl.html |
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "bowl." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "bowl." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-bowl.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "bowl." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-bowl.html |
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bowl A typographical term used to describe the curved line that encloses or partially encloses a space in letter. The letter ‘a’, for example, contains a bowl.
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DARREL INCE. "bowl." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DARREL INCE. "bowl." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O12-bowl.html DARREL INCE. "bowl." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O12-bowl.html |
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bowl2 †ball; globular body used in games; (pl.) game with bowls. XV. — (O)F. boule :- L. bulla (see BULL2).
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T. F. HOAD. "bowl." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "bowl." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bowl1.html T. F. HOAD. "bowl." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bowl1.html |
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bowl1 basin. OE. bolla, bolle, corr. to OS. bollo cup, OHG. bolla bud, globular vessel.
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T. F. HOAD. "bowl." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "bowl." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bowl.html T. F. HOAD. "bowl." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bowl.html |
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•barcarole, bole, bowl, cajole, coal, Cole, condole, console, control, dhole, dole, droll, enrol (US enroll), extol, foal, goal, hole, Joel, knoll, kohl, mol, mole, Nicole, parol, parole, patrol, pole, poll, prole, rôle, roll, scroll, Seoul, shoal, skoal, sole, soul, stole, stroll, thole, Tirol, toad-in-the-hole, toll, troll, vole, whole
•Creole
•carriole, dariole
•cabriole • capriole
•aureole, gloriole, oriole
•wassail-bowl • fishbowl • dustbowl
•punchbowl • rocambole • farandole
•girandole • manhole • rathole
•armhole • arsehole • hellhole
•keyhole, kneehole
•peephole
•sinkhole • pinhole • cubbyhole
•hidey-hole • pigeonhole
•eyehole, spyhole
•foxhole
•knothole, pothole
•borehole, Warhol
•porthole • soundhole • blowhole
•stokehole • bolthole • loophole
•lughole, plughole
•chuckhole • buttonhole • bunghole
•earhole • waterhole • wormhole
•charcoal • caracole • Seminole
•pinole
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"bowl." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bowl." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-bowl.html "bowl." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-bowl.html |
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