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bowled

UK/bəʊld/UK[bɒʊɫd]/bɒld/US/boʊld/

adjective

Having a bowl or bowl-shaped element.

Less commonScrabble 12

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Meanings

verb

participlepastsimple past and past participle of bowl

adjectivebowled (not comparable)

in compoundsnot comparableHaving a bowl or bowl-shaped element.
a large brown-stemmed silver-bowled pipe
1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
not comparableball games(Dismissed) by the bowled ball hitting and breaking the batsman's wicket.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bowled

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APA

bowled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowled

MLA

“bowled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowled. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bowled,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowled.

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