Bowl vs. Basin

A hemispherical vessel, wider than it is deep, used for holding food or fluids.

An open, shallow, usually round container used especially for holding liquids.

The contents of such a vessel.

The amount that such a vessel can hold.

A drinking goblet.

A washbowl; a sink.

A bowl-shaped part, as of a spoon or pipe.

A body of water that is connected to the sea and is partially or almost completely enclosed by land.

A bowl-shaped topographic depression.

A small body of water that is artificially enclosed.

A bowl-shaped stadium or outdoor theater.

See watershed.

(Football) Any of various postseason games played between specially selected teams, especially at the college level.

A broad tract of land in which the rock strata are tilted toward a common center.

A ball, traditionally made of wood, that is weighted or slightly flattened so as to roll with a bias, used in lawn bowling.

A large, bowl-shaped depression in the surface of the land or ocean floor.

A roll or throw of a ball in lawn bowling and other bowling games.

A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.

Bowls(used with a sing. verb) See lawn bowling.

(obsolete) A shallow bowl used for a single serving of a drink or liquidy food.

A revolving cylinder or drum in a machine.

A depression, natural or artificial, containing water.

To participate in a game of bowling

(geography) An area of land from which water drains into a common outlet; drainage basin.

To throw or roll a ball in a game of bowling

(geography) A shallow depression in a rock formation, such as an area of down-folded rock that has accumulated a thick layer of sediments, or an area scooped out by water erosion.

To hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch toward the batsman at the other, keeping the arm straight throughout the delivery.

To create a concavity or depression in.

To move quickly and smoothly, especially by rolling

To serve as or become a basin.

To throw or roll (a ball).

To shelter or enclose in a basin.

To make (a specified score) in bowling

A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.

To perform (a specified amount, as a string or game) in bowling

The quantity contained in a basin.

To move quickly and smoothly by or as if by rolling

A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc.

To meet or strike with or as if with the force of a rapidly rolling object

A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay.

A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.

A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river.

As much as is held by a bowl.

An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; - especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields.

(cooking) A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl.

A bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids;

A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.

The quantity that a basin will hold;

The round hollow part of anything.

A natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it;

The part of a spoon that holds content, as opposed to the handle.

The entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries;

A part of a pipe or bong packed with marijuana for smoking

A bathroom or lavatory sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you wash your hands and face;

(typography) A rounded portion of a glyph that encloses empty space, as in the letters d and o.

(landforms) A round crater (or similar) in the ground.

An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.

(American football) A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)

The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.

The action of bowling a ball.

The game of bowls.

(transitive) To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.

(intransitive) To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).

(intransitive) To play bowling or a similar game.

To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.

To pelt or strike with anything rolled.

A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.

Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking.

The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.

The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.

A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled.

An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward.

The game of tenpins or bowling.

To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.

To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road.

To pelt or strike with anything rolled.

To play with bowls.

To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc.

To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along.

A round vessel that is open at the top; used for holding fruit or liquids or for serving food

A concave shape with an open top

A dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods

The quantity contained in a bowl

A large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

A wooden ball (with flattened sides) used in the game of bowls

A small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco

Roll (a ball)

Engage in the sport of bowling;