- 1[countable] (especially in compounds) a deep, round dish with a wide, open top, used especially for holding food or liquid a salad/fruit/sugar bowl a mixing bowl
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amount - 2[countable] (also bowlful NAmE//boʊlfʊl//) the amount contained in a bowl a bowl of soup shape
- 3[countable] the part of some objects that is shaped like a bowl the bowl of a spoon a toilet bowl theater
- 4[countable] (in names) a large round theater or stadium without a roof, used for concerts, etc. outdoors the Hollywood Bowl football game
- 5[countable] (in names) a game of football played after the main season between the best teams the Super Bowl ball
- 6[countable] a heavy wooden ball that is used in the game of lawn bowling game
- 7bowls [uncountable] = lawn bowling
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