BOWL: значение слова

I. noun
Etymology: Middle English bolle, from Old English bolla; akin to Old High German bolla blister Date: before 12th century a concave usually nearly hemispherical vessel, the contents of a bowl, a bowl-shaped or concave part: as, the hollow of a spoon or tobacco pipe, the receptacle of a toilet,

4. a natural formation or geographical region shaped like a bowl, a bowl-shaped structure, a postseason football game between specially invited teams, bowled adjective bowlful noun

II. noun
Etymology: Middle English boule, from Middle French, from Latin bulla bubble
Date: 15th century


1. a ball (as of lignum vitae) weighted or shaped to give it a bias when rolled in lawn bowling, lawn bowling , a delivery of the ball in bowling, a cylindrical roller or drum (as for a machine),

III. verb
Date: 15th century
intransitive verb

1. to participate in a game of bowling, to roll a ball in bowling, to travel smoothly and rapidly (as in a wheeled vehicle), transitive verb

1. to roll (a ball) in bowling, b. to complete by bowling , to score by bowling , to strike with a swiftly moving object