bowl
1. a round vessel that is open at the top;
used chiefly for holding food or liquids (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
vessel
• Hyponyms:
fishbowl, fish bowl, goldfish bowl, jorum, mazer, toilet bowl
2. a concave shape with an open top (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
trough
• Hypernyms:
concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
3. a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
dish
• Hyponyms:
cereal bowl, finger bowl, mixing bowl, porringer, punch bowl,
salad bowl, slop basin, slop bowl, soup bowl
4. the quantity contained in a bowl
• Syn:
bowlful
• Hypernyms:
containerful
5. a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
• Syn:
stadium, arena, sports stadium
• Hypernyms:
structure, construction
• Hyponyms:
amphitheater, amphitheatre, coliseum, ballpark, park,
bullring, circus, dome, domed stadium, covered stadium, football stadium,
hippodrome, skybox
• Part Meronyms:
field house, stand, standing room, tiered seat, playing field,
athletic field, playing area, field
6. a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling
• Syn:
bowling ball
• Hypernyms:
ball
• Part Holonyms:
bowling equipment
• Part Meronyms:
finger hole, thumbhole
7. a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling
• Hypernyms:
ball
• Part Holonyms:
lawn bowling, bowls
8. a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco
• Syn:
pipe bowl
• Hypernyms:
container
• Part Holonyms:
pipe, tobacco pipe
9. the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
• Syn:
roll
• Hypernyms:
propulsion, actuation
• Part Holonyms:
bowling
1. roll (a ball)
• Derivationally related forms:
bowler
• Topics:
bowling
• Hypernyms:
wheel, roll
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end
• Topics:
cricket
• Hypernyms:
hurl, hurtle, cast
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. engage in the sport of bowling
- My parents like to bowl on Friday nights
• Derivationally related forms:
bowler
• Hypernyms:
play
• Hyponyms:
skittle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
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