- [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 washing-up bowl
- I refilled the dog's water bowl.
- Sieve the flour into a bowl.
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatinga2- I helped myself to an apple from the bowl.
- Mix the ingredients in a deep bowl.
- The bowl was overflowing.
- The boy was eating chips out of a bowl.
- The cat drank some milk from the bowl
- The washing-up bowl was overflowing.
- This bowl holds about four pints.
- a washing-up bowl full of dirty dishes
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- shallow
- empty
- …
- fill
- pour (somebody)
- pour something into
- …
- contain something
- hold something
- overflow
- …
- from a/the bowl
- out of a/the bowl
- in a/the bowl
- …
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- [countable] (also bowlfulthe amount contained in a bowl/ˈbəʊlfʊl//ˈbəʊlfʊl/)
- He poured himself a bowl of soup.
- I ate a bowl of cereal.
- a bowl of rice/noodles/porridge/water
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- shallow
- empty
- …
- fill
- pour (somebody)
- pour something into
- …
- contain something
- hold something
- overflow
- …
- from a/the bowl
- out of a/the bowl
- in a/the bowl
- …
- [countable] the part of some objects that is like a bowl in shape
- the bowl of a spoon
- a toilet/lavatory bowl
- [countable] (especially North American English) (in names) a large round theatre without a roof, used for concerts, etc. outdoors
- the Hollywood Bowl
- [countable] a heavy wooden ball that is used in the games of bowls and bowling
- bowls[uncountable](North American English also lawn bowling)a game played on an area of very smooth grass, in which players take turns to roll bowls as near as possible to a small ballCultureThe balls are heavier on one side so they travel in a curve. Bowls has been popular in Britain for about 600 years and there is a famous story from 1588 about Sir Francis Drake and a game of bowls. According to the story, he was told during the game that the Spanish armada was coming, but he said, ‘There is time to win this game and beat the Spaniards, too.’ Bowls is now usually played by older people.Topics Games and toysc2
- [countable] (North American English) (in names) a game of American football played after the main season between the best teams
- the Super Bowl
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Word Originnoun senses 1 to 4 and noun sense 7 Old English bolle, bolla, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bol ‘round object’, also to boll. noun senses 5 to 6 late Middle English (in the general sense ‘ball’): from Old French boule, from Latin bulla ‘bubble’.
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