bowl

Definition

  • noun: a round container that has tall, curving sides and that is used for preparing or serving foods and liquids
  • noun: a concave usually nearly hemispherical vessel
  • verb: to roll (a ball) towards something especially in the game of bowling or lawn bowling
  • used in names
  • synonyms: fiddlestick, incline, bend

Examples

  • a soup/salad/pasta 'bowl' [=a bowl used for serving or eating soup/salad/pasta]

  • celebrities who cannot escape from the 'goldfish bowl' of constant publicity

  • She 'bowled over' [='amazed'] the judges with her excellent performance.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) They're built to be thrown like a long dart. They're top heavy like a long dart, so they're built for accuracy. Oh, My God, this is... Can we bowl with this guy? That's his fucking brother, Robbie. He brothers the bowling ball. The brother you put a skateboard on, strapped him onto a skateboard. (..)
    2013 The Wolf of Wall Street
  • (..) what the fuck is he doing? Is he.. is he wearing a bowtie? Hi, How are you doing? Good. Are you cleaning the fish bowl? - I just, I had a minute and I.. - You gotta minute, and today you need to clean the wish bowl? today? I have finished my paperwork, and I was (..)
    2013 The Wolf of Wall Street
  • (..) what he paid for the Pink Panther? He inherited it. It cost him nothing. It cost him his life. I would like to take a closer look at your bowls. - My what? - Your bowls. I would like to take a closer look... ...at your big brass bowls. - Okay. (..)
    1976 The Pink Panther Strikes Again