1 [count] a : a round container that has tall, curving sides and that is used for preparing or serving foods and liquids
▪ a soup/salad/pasta bowl [=a bowl used for serving or eating soup/salad/pasta] ▪ the dog's water bowl — see picture at place setting; see also mixing bowl, punch bowl
b : the food or liquid served in a bowl
▪ We gave the kittens a bowl [=bowlful] of milk. : the amount of food or liquid served in a bowl ▪ I ate two bowls of soup for dinner. ▪ May I have another bowl of ice cream? 2 [count] : a part of something that is shaped like a bowl: such as a : the bottom part of a toilet
▪ a toilet bowl
b : the deep, rounded part of a spoon
c : the part of a pipe that holds tobacco 3 [singular] : a valley or area of land that is low and that has higher land around it
▪ a town in the bowl of the mountains — see also dust bowl 4 [singular] US : a large stadium or theater that is shaped like a bowl — used in names ▪ a concert at the Hollywood Bowl 5 [count] American football : a game that is played after the regular season between college teams that have been specially invited
▪ college bowl games — usually used in names ▪ the Orange Bowl — see also super bowl 6 a [count] : a ball used in the game of lawn bowling
b bowls [plural] Brit : lawn bowling