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bowls

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English (US)
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bowls

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, bowls is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofbowls

1noun
  • A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
  • As much as is held by a bowl.

    Example: "You can’t have any more soup – you’ve had three bowls already."

  • A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl.

    Example: "This restaurant offers a number of different bowls."

  • A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
  • The round hollow part of anything.

    Example: "Direct the cleaning fluid around the toilet bowl and under the rim."

  • A round crater (or similar) in the ground.
  • An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.
  • A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)
1noun
  • The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
  • The action of bowling a ball.
  • (in the plural, but used with a singular verb) The game of bowls.

    Synonyms: "lawn bowling", "lawn bowls"

1verb
  • To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
  • To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).
  • To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.

    Example: "We were bowled rapidly along the road."

  • To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
1noun
  • A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do.
  • A ball used in the game of bowls

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