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View synonyms for bowls

bowls

/ bəʊlz /

noun

    1. a game played on a bowling green in which a small bowl (the jack) is pitched from a mark and two opponents or opposing teams take turns to roll biased wooden bowls towards it, the object being to finish as near the jack as possible

    2. ( as modifier )

      a bowls tournament

  1. skittles or tenpin bowling

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Then again, my mother never attempted to feed me, as my mate puts it, bowls of “yellow ooze with pink misery circles in it.”

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They also found human skulls fashioned into soup bowls; lampshades and costumes made from human skin; and mutilated female body parts, among other nightmare fuel.

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It was a serious topic to tackle with his then-9-year-old son, Stephen, as they ate bowls of pasta.

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The health department recommends emptying and scrubbing places where water accumulates, including tires, buckets, pet bowls, planters and rain barrels.

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As someone who tends to get a little skittish about communal chip bowls or dip platters, the individual chips bags are really appealing.

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