bowls

British  

/ 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

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Example Sentences

Enjoy them on their own or top them on your favorite grain bowls and salads.

From Salon

Maggie can only identify half of their meals—tamales and burgers are easy, but there are also bowls filled with rice and what might be stew with cornbread.

From Literature

A quick glance at his bowls — one empty, the other with hardly a slosh of water — does nothing but reinforce my resolve.

From Literature

Alongside heaping plates of spiced rice — filled with generous chunks of tender mutton and buttery marrow and slivers of fried golden onions — were bowls of a humble condiment.

From Salon

When you assemble the dessert into bowls and start dappling each island with caramel and toasted sliced almonds, your friends will begin to hover.

From The Wall Street Journal