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

a mixing bowl

a sugar bowl

a natural basin

a stadium for sporting or musical events

the Hollywood Bowl

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

a spell or turn of bowling in cricket

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

she snatched her hat off and bowled it ahead of her

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

Lillee bowled another bouncer

Sobers bowled to Willis

move rapidly and smoothly in a specified direction

they bowled along the country roads

a game played with heavy bowls, the object of which is to propel one's bowl so that it comes to rest as close as possible to a previously bowled small ball (the jack). Bowls is played chiefly out of doors (though indoor bowls is also popular) on a closely trimmed lawn called a green

he remained active and really enjoyed playing bowls three or four times a week