bowls

bowls

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bəʊlz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /boʊlz/
• Rhymes: -əʊlz

Noun

bowls

1. plural of bowl

Noun

bowls

1. A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do.
2. A ball used in the game of bowls

Derived terms

• carpet bowls
• crown green bowls
• lawn bowls

Translations

precision sport

Chinese: Mandarin: 草地滾球／草地滚球 (cǎodì gǔnqiú) Dutch: bowls (nl), koersbal Estonian: keegel Finnish: nurmikeilailu French: boulingrin (fr) m German: Bowlsspiel n Hungarian: teke (hu), kugli (hu) Italian: bocce (it) Japanese: ローンボウルズ (rōnbōruzu) Macedonian: боќање n (boḱanje) Maori: maita Portuguese: bocha (pt) f, bowls m Russian: игра́ в боулз f (igrá v boulz), боулз m (boulz) Spanish: bowls sobre hierba Thai: please add this translation if you can

ball for game of bowls

Finnish: kuula (fi) Italian: boccia (it) f Portuguese: bocha (pt) f

See also

• bowls on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

bowls

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bowl

Anagrams

• Blows, blows

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Portuguese

Noun

bowls m (uncountable)

1. bowls (precision sport)