bowl
English
/bəʊɫ/, /boʊɫ/
noun
Definitions
- A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
- As much as is held by a bowl.
- A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl.
- A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
- The round hollow part of anything.
- A round crater (or similar) in the ground.
- (sports) An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.
- (American football) A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. , Super Bowl)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bolle (shell, pod) inherited from Old English bolla inherited from *bollā inherited from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ (ball, bowl, shell, round object, round vessel, round object vessel).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*bullǭ
Gloss
ball, bowl, shell, round object, round vessel, round object vessel
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鉢, 丼
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Super Bowl English
- boll English
- bowler English
- bowlful English
- bowllike English
- dust English
- dustbowl English
- embowl English
- fish English
- fishbowl English
- nut English
- nutbowl English
- outbowl English
- punch English
- punchbowl English
- rice English
- rice bowl English
- slop English
- slop-bowl English
- super English
- swill English
- swill-bowl English
- tea English
- tea bowl English
- teabowl English
- toilet English
- toilet bowl English
- wash English
- washbowl English
- Bolle German
- Bowle German
- bólé Hungarian
- cipolla Italian
- bloembol Dutch, Flemish
- bol Dutch, Flemish
- bolbliksem Dutch, Flemish
- bolcoördinaten Dutch, Flemish
- bolhoed Dutch, Flemish
- bolhoop Dutch, Flemish
- bollenveld Dutch, Flemish
- bolpapaver Dutch, Flemish
- bolrond Dutch, Flemish
- bolvormig Dutch, Flemish
- bolwassing Dutch, Flemish
- bolwerk Dutch, Flemish
- bolworm Dutch, Flemish
- bowlen Dutch, Flemish
- hemelbol Dutch, Flemish
- krentenbol Dutch, Flemish
- krullenbol Dutch, Flemish
- losbol Dutch, Flemish
- oliebol Dutch, Flemish
- oogbol Dutch, Flemish
- ragebol Dutch, Flemish
- slaapbol Dutch, Flemish
- smoutebol Dutch, Flemish
- sneeuwbol Dutch, Flemish
- tulpenbol Dutch, Flemish
- vuurbol Dutch, Flemish
- wereldbol Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰln- Proto-Indo-European
- *bullô Proto-Germanic
- *bullǭ Proto-Germanic
- bulle Swedish
- スーパーボウル Japanese
- スーパーボール Japanese
- ボウラー Japanese
- ボウル Japanese
- bulwa Polish
- bolla Old English
- bolle Old English
- þrotbolla Old English
- bolle Middle English
- bolle Old Norse
- bolli Old Norse
- bolle Danish
- bollehår Danish
- bolleven Danish
- bowle Danish
- flødebolle Danish
- krydderbolle Danish
- negerbolle Danish
- bovlo Esperanto
- bol Middle Dutch
- bolle Middle Dutch
- bolla Old High German
- bole Latvian
- bòl Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- bòl-sheillean Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- bolle Middle High German
- bolwerc Middle High German
- Bull Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- bolle Middle French
- *bollā gmw-pro
- *bolla Old Dutch
- bolle Middle Low German
- bollo Old Saxon
- bowie Scots
- bolla Old Frisian
- Boll Low German