bowls

/ bəʊlz /

noun

1. 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

2. skittles or tenpin bowling

Example Sentences

Oatmeal, the once-humble slop of Puritans and heart-healthy dads, now served in ribbed ceramic bowls under a snowfall of hemp hearts and bee pollen.

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They have delicious smoothies, fresh açaí bowls and classic Brazilian breakfast favorites.

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Another volunteer pulled the full bowls back on a rope, dumping the dirt into a corner of the cellar.

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The paintings would capture people in their homes and the ceramic vessels, as a metaphor for himself as an artist in service of his subject, would be serving ware — plates, cups, bowls, bottles.

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"They banged their bowls against the wall for hours, day and night. They wouldn't let me sleep; it was impossible to read, write, or even think," he told the BBC.

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