bowls
Britishnoun
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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
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a bowls tournament
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skittles or tenpin bowling
Example Sentences
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The beds and food bowls are gone; the floor where they always left messes after devouring the grub I made them is eerily clean.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The action gets under way with bowls and para-bowls heats at 09:30, but the Games will be officially opened by King Charles during a ceremony at the Hydro later.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Or, top them on homemade yogurt bowls and chia seed pudding to make them a bit more indulgent.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Servers emerge from the kitchen carrying mismatched plates of chilaquiles and, on weekends, bowls of hominy-packed, spicy menudo soup that’s spent at least six hours on the stove.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
And our heels had worn small round bowls into it large enough to hold puddles of mussels before St. Patrick’s Day, and limpets after that.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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