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noun

ˈbōl How to pronounce bowl (audio)
Definition of bowlnext
as in stadium
a large usually roofless building for sporting events with tiers of seats for spectators a new bowl for the football team

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bowl

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verb

1
as in to flow
to move or proceed smoothly and readily bowling along in my spiffy new car

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2
as in to race
to proceed or move quickly bowled through the test and was the first one to hand in the booklet

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Recent Examples of bowl
Noun
To make the rub, combine all of the rub ingredients in a small bowl and mix well. — Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 5 Sep. 2026 Michigan Stadium was one enormous bowl carved partly into the ground, with no track and towering banks of seats rising tight around the field. — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
Allen had refused to bowl according to the tactic, and manager Warner had opposed it as well. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026 For example, the letter A might be axe-throwing or an art gallery, while B could be bowling or the beach. — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bowl
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bowl
  1. stadium
  2. flow
  3. race
  4. coliseum
  5. brush
  6. speed
  7. glide
  8. hurry
Noun
  • So, the Bills’ ownership had all the available data, up to date, when making their decisions to build their new stadium and determine the surface type.
    — Tim Graham, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Harry Styles will play two Los Angeles dates in the six-city North American leg of his Together, Together 2027 global stadium tour, with another six cities set for the subsequent European leg to follow.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of stadium
Verb
  • When local issues become national issues Nationalization does not only flow from Washington down.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Prices for most types of petroleum products have gone up since the war with Iran began in late February, amid limits on how much could flow through the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Willa Rubin, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of flow
Verb
  • Bangladesh has been racing to halt the outbreak's spread since March, when more than 100 children died in less than a month.
    — JULHAS ALAM, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Thomas, who signed with Seattle in free agency, raced over at just the right time to break up a deep pass intended for Doubs.
    — Andrew Destin, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of race
Noun
  • Four years earlier, a leaner and healthier Elvis played a much better concert at this same coliseum.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The move to North Main Street brought more Stockyards visitors and cowboys headed to Billy Bob’s Texas or the coliseum rodeos.
    — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 July 2026
Definition of coliseum
Verb
  • Vicki brushes it off, and even Shannon can’t defend her friend’s callousness.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The other often comes as strips, trays or a dedicated device used after brushing.
    — Matt Emma, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of brush
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  • Speaking at a joint news conference, Fujimori said Peru's participation in the coalition would speed intelligence-sharing and bolster joint action against criminal groups operating across borders.
    — Marco Aquino, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
  • AIs are already being used to answer decades-long unsolved complex mathematical problems, and have assisted scientists in speeding up scientific discovery and even designing new viruses.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of speed
Verb
  • JoJo, Messing and Newport quickly whipped out their phones to capture videos of the models gliding down the runway and posing right in front of them before continuing their trek around Cipriani in downtown Manhattan.
    — Anika Reed, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Curb cuts — those graded concrete ramps at the edge of sidewalk corners that allow anyone and anything with wheels to glide gently onto the street below — aren’t really the sort of thing most people think about.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of glide
Verb
  • Razaullah, 21, is one of the three debutants hurried into the Pakistan side after seven of their players were sent home following the second Test defeat at Lord’s.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Almost three hours passed before the alert finally ended, and the couple hurried back inside.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026
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“Bowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowl. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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