bowl

A round, deep dish used to hold food or liquids.

• Put the rice in a bowl.
• I washed all the bowls after lunch.
• Would you like another bowl of soup?

How to use it: a bowl of something (He ate a bowl of soup.)

Common phrases: a soup bowl, a mixing bowl, bowl of rice

A meal of several foods served together in one deep dish.

• I ordered a rice bowl for lunch.
• Their breakfast bowls come with fruit and yogurt.
• Can I have a grain bowl without cheese?

Common phrases: rice bowl, grain bowl, breakfast bowl

The rounded, hollow part of an object, such as a toilet, spoon, or pipe.

• Clean the toilet bowl every week.
• The bowl of this spoon is very shallow.
• He tapped the ash from the pipe bowl.

Common phrases: toilet bowl, bowl of spoon, bowl of pipe

An important American football game held after the regular season.

• Our team reached a bowl game.
• They won their first bowl last year.
• Thousands of fans traveled to watch the bowl.

Similar words: bowl game

Common phrases: bowl game, bowl season, college bowl

A large stadium or outdoor performance space with seats arranged around a lower central area.

• The concert took place in an outdoor bowl.
• Fans filled the stadium bowl before kickoff.
• The bowl held thousands of people around a central stage.

Similar words: amphitheater, stadium

Common phrases: open-air bowl, stadium bowl, bowl seating

The amount of tobacco or another substance put in a pipe and smoked at one time.

• He smoked a bowl of tobacco outside.
• She packed another bowl into her pipe.
• They shared a bowl after dinner.

Common phrases: smoke a bowl, pack a bowl, bowl of tobacco

To roll a ball along the floor or ground in a game.

• We bowl every Friday.
• She bowled a strike on her first turn.
• Can you bowl with your left hand?

Common phrases: bowl a ball, bowl a strike, bowl with friends

To send the ball towards the player holding the bat in cricket.

• He bowls very fast.
• She bowled six balls in the final over.
• Who will bowl next?

How to use it: bowl to someone (She bowled to their strongest batter.)

Common phrases: bowl an over, bowl fast, bowl to someone