bowls

UK /bəʊlz/ US /boʊlz/

noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

good, little, many, turned, wooden

VERB + BOWLS

ate, collect, making, need

BOWLS + NOUN

balls, cereal, flour, pok, rice, soup, upside

PREP.

down, out

Definitions

noun

A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do.

A ball used in the game of bowls

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The art of making wooden bowls like these has died out.

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What is peculiar to Japan at mealtimes is that people eat rice out of little bowls.

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How many bowls do we have?

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You need two bowls of flour to make this.

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Tom eats at least three bowls of rice every day.

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I'd like mapo tofu, and two bowls of rice.

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