bowls

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bowls

/bəʊlz/ UK
/boʊlz/ US

Rhymes with -əʊlz

noun

plural plural of bowl

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

verb

indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of bowl

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: basin, trough, arena, stadium, pipe bowl, cups, pots, cuts, dishes, pans, basins, cross-sections, hollows, plates, pools, potholes

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noun precision sport

Español	bowls sobre hierba
日本語	ローンボウルズ rōnbōruzu
中文	草地滾球 /草地滚球 cǎodì gǔnqiú
Português	bocha, bowls
Français	boulingrin
Deutsch	Bowlsspiel
Italiano	bocce
Русский	игра́ в боулз igrá v boulz, боулз boulz

noun ball for game of bowls

Português	bocha
Italiano	boccia

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Chicago

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@misc{bowls_2026,
  title = {bowls},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bowls},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}