bowl1

 
Pronunciation: /bəʊl/

noun

  • 1a round, deep dish or basin used for food or liquid: a mixing bowl a sugar bowl
  • the contents of a bowl: they ate huge bowls of steaming spaghetti
  • [usually in names] a decorative round dish awarded as a prize in a competition: the McGeorge Rose Bowl
  • a rounded, concave part of an object: a toilet bowl the bowl of a spoon
  • Geography a natural basin.
  • 2 [in names] chiefly US a stadium for sporting or musical events: the Hollywood Bowl
  • an American football game played after the regular season between leading teams: Pro Bowl [as modifier]: their last four bowl games

Derivatives

bowlful

noun (plural bowlfuls)

Origin:

Old English bolle, bolla, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bol 'round object', also to boll