The Meaning of bowl

• (n.) A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.
• (n.) Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking.
• (n.) The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.
• (n.) The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.
• (n.) A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled.
• (n.) An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward.
• (n.) The game of tenpins or bowling.
• (v. t.) To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.
• (v. t.) To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road.
• (v. t.) To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
• (v. i.) To play with bowls.
• (v. i.) To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc.
• (v. i.) To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along.

Synonyms

trough , bowlful , stadium , arena , sports stadium , bowling ball , pipe bowl , roll

Homophones

boal , boehl , bohl , bole , boll , buol

Rhymes

amphibole , anatole , atoll , bankroll , blowhole , boal , boehl , bohl , bole , boll , buol , buttonhole , cajole , casserole , charcoal , coal , coale , cole , colle , console , control , cubbyhole , decontrol , devaul , dhole , dipole , doell , dole , droll , ecole , enroll , espanol , extol , fishbowl , flagpole , foal , foale , fohl , foxhole , glycerol , glycol , goal , gohl , groll , hoel , hohl , hole , interpol , keyhole , knoell , knoll , koehl , koelle , kohl , kol , kole , lodgepole , loophole , madole , manhole , mcdole , metropol , mohl , mole , monopole , nicole , nicolle , nohl , nole , noll , ohl , ole , oriole , pajole , parole , patrol , payroll , pfohl , pigeonhole , pinhole , pistole , poehl , pohl , pole , poll , pothole , redpoll , rock-and-roll , roehl , roell , roelle , rohl , rol , role , roll , rolle , schaul , scroll , self-control , seoul , shoal , shole , sinkhole , skoal , sohl , sole , soul , sowle , stole , stoll , strohl , strole , stroll , tadpole , thoele , thole , toal , toelle , tole , toll , troll , voell , walpole , whole , woehl , wohl