bowl

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for bowl

bowl 🔊 /bowˈl/

bowl : පය

bowl : පන්දුව යවනවා

bowl : භාජනය

bowl : පාත්‍රය

bowl : කුහරය

bowl : කුසලාන

bowl : පා

bowl : තලිය

bowl : පන්දුව

bowl : බඳුන

bowl definition

Noun.

  1. A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.
  2. Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking.
  3. The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.
  4. The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.
  5. A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled.
  6. An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward.
  7. The game of tenpins or bowling.

Transitive verb.

  1. To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.
  2. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road.
  3. To pelt or strike with anything rolled.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To play with bowls.
  2. To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc.
  3. To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along.