bowls

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of bowl. Use this form when talking about more than one bowl.

   She stacked the clean bowls on the shelf.

   We filled three bowls with hot soup.

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2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of bowl. Use this form with he, she, or it.

   He bowls a smooth, curving delivery down the green.

   She bowls every Sunday at the local club.

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   A game where players roll heavy balls to stop them close to a small target ball.

   Like rolling a ball to land it as near as you can to a small marker.

   Bowls is popular with older players down at the seaside.

   They play bowls on the green every summer afternoon.

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   A heavy ball, flat or weighted on one side, that players roll in the game of bowls.

   Like a ball that curves as it rolls because one side is heavier.

   Each player rolls four bowls toward the jack.

   He keeps his bowls in a padded carrying case.

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