Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A game played with bowls on a bowling-green: applied also to skittles or ninepins (which see).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural See
bowl , a ball, a game.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
bowl . - noun A
precision sport where the goal is to rollbiased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (thejack orkitty ) than one's opponent is able to do. - noun A ball used in the game of bowls
- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
bowl .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack
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Examples
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I particularly like the bowls sold at www. gooseberrypatch.com Just type in "bowls" in the search area, and you'll see what I mean.
The Mixing Bowl 2004
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I particularly like the bowls sold at www. gooseberrypatch.com Just type in "bowls" in the search area, and you'll see what I mean.
Archive 2004-12-01 2004
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The PAC 10 was 5-0 in bowls, but Oregon State beating Pitt 3-0 is not something to brag about, Cal over Miami is not that impressive because Miami was bad, and Arizona beating the third place Mountain West team (BYU) is not exactly a monumental upset.
The Year in College Football | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009
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Cougars went 77-12, including 4-3 in bowls, winning the 1984 national title and seven Western Athletic Conference titles under coach LaVell Edwards, and becoming Quarterback U with Marc Wilson,
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It is good idea to take porcelain bowls and to place floating candle inside.
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Dutch artist Geke Wouters has created a stunning collection of paper-thin bowls made from carrots, peppers, beet root, leeks, tomatoes, and other vegetables.
Biodegradable Bowls Made From Vegetables The Nag 2009
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Under coach Fisher DeBerry, the Falcons went 37-12, including 2-1 in bowls, with a 12-1 season in 1998 as a highlight.
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We used halloween as an excuse, but we did boxes with food items in bowls hidden under boxes.
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My other mode of coping with this -- other than showing people where things are and instructing them to help themselves, I mean -- is to put not-very-perishable fruit out on the counter in bowls where it will be an explicit invitation.
mrissa: It gets early early here, too. mrissa 2010
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They served the soup in bowls and followed the soup up with the ‘dry’, the same kind of thing that was in the soup on a plate.
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