bowllike

Variant of bowl

noun

  1. a deep, rounded container or dish, open at the top
  2. the capacity or contents of a bowl
  3. a thing or part shaped like a bowl; specif.,
    1. the rounded or hollow part of a spoon or smoking pipe
    2. washbowl
    3. the basin of a toilet
    4. a hollow land formation
  4. in full bowl game
    1. an amphitheater or stadium
    2. any of various football games played annually after the regular season between teams selected for their superior records
  5. Archaic a large drinking vessel

Origin: ME bolle < OE bolla, cup, bowl < IE base *bhel-, to swell, inflate (see ball); infl. in OE by L bulla, bubble, ball

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