Bowl vs. Ball

Bowlnoun

A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.

Bowlnoun

As much as is held by a bowl.

Bowlnoun

A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.

Bowlnoun

The round hollow part of anything.

Bowlnoun

The part of a spoon that holds content, as opposed to the handle.

Bowlnoun

A part of a pipe or bong packed with marijuana for smoking

Bowlnoun

(typography) A rounded portion of a glyph that encloses empty space, as in the letters d and o.

Bowlnoun

A round crater (or similar) in the ground.

Bowlnoun

An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.

Bowlnoun

(American football) A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)

Bowlnoun

The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.

Bowlnoun

The action of bowling a ball.

Bowlnoun

The game of bowls.

Bowlverb

(transitive) To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.

Bowlverb

(intransitive) To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).

Bowlverb

To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.

Bowlverb

To pelt or strike with anything rolled.

Bowlnoun

A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.

Bowlnoun

Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking.

Bowlnoun

The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.

Bowlnoun

The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.

Bowlnoun

A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled.

Bowlnoun

An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward.

Bowlnoun

The game of tenpins or bowling.

Bowlverb

To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.

Bowlverb

To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road.

Bowlverb

To pelt or strike with anything rolled.

Bowlverb

To play with bowls.

Bowlverb

To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc.

Bowlverb

To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along.

Bowlnoun

a round vessel that is open at the top; used for holding fruit or liquids or for serving food

Bowlnoun

a concave shape with an open top

Bowlnoun

a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods

Bowlnoun

the quantity contained in a bowl

Bowlnoun

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

Bowlnoun

a wooden ball (with flattened sides) used in the game of bowls

Bowlnoun

a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco

Bowlverb

roll (a ball)

Bowlverb

engage in the sport of bowling;

Bowlnoun

a round, deep dish or basin used for food or liquid

Bowlnoun

the contents of a bowl

Bowlnoun

a decorative round dish awarded as a prize in a competition

Bowlnoun

a rounded, concave part of an object

Bowlnoun

a pipe used to smoke marijuana, or the contents of such a pipe

Bowlnoun

a natural basin.

Bowlnoun

a stadium for sporting or musical events

Bowlnoun

an American football game played after the regular season between leading teams

Bowlnoun

a wooden or hard rubber ball, slightly asymmetrical so that it runs on a curved course, used in the game of bowls.

Bowlnoun

a large ball with indentations for gripping, used in tenpin bowling.

Bowlnoun

a wooden ball or disc used in playing skittles.

Bowlnoun

a spell or turn of bowling in cricket.

Bowlverb

roll (a ball or other round object) along the ground

Bowlverb

(of a bowler) propel (the ball) with a straight arm towards the batsman, typically in such a way that the ball bounces once

Bowlverb

dismiss (a batsman) by knocking down the wicket with the ball which one has bowled

Bowlverb

get an entire team out

Bowlverb

move rapidly and smoothly in a specified direction

Bowl

A bowl is a round dish or container typically used to prepare and serve food. The interior of a bowl is characteristically shaped like a spherical cap, with the edges and the bottom forming a seamless curve.

Ballnoun

A solid or hollow sphere, or part thereof.

Ballnoun

A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.

Ballnoun

(ballistics) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, etc.

Ballnoun

A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body.

Ballnoun

(anatomy) The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes.

Ballnoun

The globe; the earthly sphere.

Ballnoun

(mathematics) The set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point; specifically, the homologue of the disk in a Euclidean space of any number of dimensions.

Ballnoun

The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point; the analogue of the disk in a Euclidean space.

Ballnoun

An object, generally spherical, used for playing games.

Ballnoun

(sport) A round or ellipsoidal object.

Ballnoun

Any simple game involving a ball.

Ballnoun

(baseball) A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.

Ballnoun

(pinball) An opportunity to launch the pinball into play.

Ballnoun

(cricket) A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.

Ballnoun

(soccer) A pass; a kick of the football towards a teammate.

Ballnoun

A testicle.

Ballnoun

Nonsense.

Ballnoun

Courage.

Ballnoun

A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.

Ballnoun

A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.

Ballnoun

A formal dance.

Ballnoun

(informal) A very enjoyable time.

Ballverb

(transitive) To form or wind into a ball.

Ballverb

(metalworking) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.

Ballverb

To have sexual intercourse with.

Ballverb

(ambitransitive) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.

Ballverb

To be hip or cool.

Ballverb

To play basketball.

Ballinterjection

(Australian rules football) An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. This is heard almost any time an opposition player is tackled, without regard to whether the rules about "prior opportunity" to dispose of the ball are fulfilled.

Ballnoun

Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

Ballnoun

A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.

Ballnoun

A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football.

Ballnoun

Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle ball; - often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets.

Ballnoun

A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench; as, a fire ball; a stink ball.

Ballnoun

A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; - formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller.

Ballnoun

A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.

Ballnoun

A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses; a bolus.

Ballnoun

The globe or earth.

Ballnoun

A pitched ball, not struck at by the batter, which fails to pass over the home plate at a height not greater than the batter's shoulder nor less than his knee (i.e. it is outside the strike zone). If the pitcher pitches four balls before three strikes are called, the batter advances to first base, and the action of pitching four balls is called a walk.

Ballnoun

a testicle; usually used in the plural.

Ballnoun

courage; nerve.

Ballnoun

A social assembly for the purpose of dancing; - usually applied to an occasion lavish or formal.

Ballnoun

A very enjoyable time; as, we had a ball at the wedding.

Ballverb

To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls.

Ballverb

To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.

Ballverb

To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton.

Ballnoun

round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games;

Ballnoun

a solid ball shot by a musket;

Ballnoun

an object with a spherical shape;

Ballnoun

the people assembled at a lavish formal dance;

Ballnoun

one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens;

Ballnoun

a spherical object used as a plaything;

Ballnoun

United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)

Ballnoun

a compact mass;

Ballnoun

a lavish formal dance

Ballnoun

a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass; ball of the human foot or ball at the base of the thumb;

Ballnoun

a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run;

Ballnoun

a pitch that is not in the strike zone;

Ballverb

form into a ball by winding or rolling;

Ballnoun

a solid or hollow spherical or egg-shaped object that is kicked, thrown, or hit in a game

Ballnoun

a spherical object or mass of material

Ballnoun

a solid non-explosive missile for a firearm.

Ballnoun

a game played with a ball

Ballnoun

baseball

Ballnoun

(in cricket) a delivery of the ball by the bowler to the batsman

Ballnoun

(in soccer) a pass of the ball in a specified direction or manner

Ballnoun

(in baseball) a pitch delivered outside the strike zone which the batter does not attempt to hit

Ballnoun

the rounded protuberant part of the foot at the base of the big toe.

Ballnoun

the rounded protuberant part of the hand at the base of the thumb.

Ballnoun

a formal social gathering for dancing

Ballverb

squeeze or form (something) into a rounded shape

Ballverb

clench (one's fist) tightly

Ballverb

form a round shape

Ballverb

wrap the root ball of (a tree or shrub) to protect it during transportation.

Ballverb

have sexual intercourse with.

Ballverb

(of a flower) fail to open properly, decaying in the half-open bud.

Ball

A ball is a round object (usually spherical, but can sometimes be ovoid) with various uses. It is used in ball games, where the play of the game follows the state of the ball as it is hit, kicked or thrown by players.