Definition of bowl

"bowl" in the noun sense

1. bowl

a round vessel that is open at the top used chiefly for holding food or liquids

2. bowl, trough

a concave shape with an open top

3. bowl

a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods

4. bowl, bowlful

the quantity contained in a bowl

5. stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

6. bowling ball, bowl

a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling

7. bowl

a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling

8. bowl, pipe bowl

a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco

9. roll, bowl

the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)

"bowl" in the verb sense

1. bowl

roll (a ball)

2. bowl

hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end

3. bowl

engage in the sport of bowling

"My parents like to bowl on Friday nights"

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Quotations for bowl

Easy it is to bowl down hill. [ Proverb ]

The lyric poet may drink wine and live generously, but the epic poet, who shall sing of the gods and their descent unto men, must drink water out of a wooden bowl. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

bowl in Scrabble®

The word bowl is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters bowl:

BLOW
(39)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word bowl

BOWL
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The 111 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In bowl

BLOW
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BOWL
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bowl in Words With Friends™

The word bowl is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters bowl:

BOWL
(57)
BLOW
(57)
BLOW
(57)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word bowl

BOWL
(57)
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(45)
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(33)
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The 121 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In bowl

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Words within the letters of bowl

2 letter words in bowl (1 word)

3 letter words in bowl (4 words)

4 letter words in bowl (Anagrams) (2 words)

bowl + 1 blank (7 words)

Word Growth involving bowl

Shorter words in bowl

ow bow

ow owl

Longer words containing bowl

bowled

bowleg bowlegged bowleggedness

bowleg bowlegs

bowler bowlers

bowlful bowlfuls

bowlike rainbowlike

bowline bowlines

bowline rumbowline

bowling

bowllike

bowlmaker bowlmakers

bowlmaking

bowls bowlshaped

bowls fingerbowls

bowls fishbowls

bowls fruitbowls

bowls punchbowls

bowls rosebowls

bowls teabowls

bowls washbowls

fingerbowl fingerbowls

fishbowl fishbowls

fruitbowl fruitbowls

punchbowl punchbowls

rosebowl rosebowls

superbowl

teabowl teabowls

washbowl washbowls