bowls

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UK/bəʊlz/US/boʊlz/

noun

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.

Similar
lawn bowling
CommonScrabble 10
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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of bowl
noun
  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
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of bowl

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack

Similar
lawn bowling
Broader
bowling
Also see
lawn bowling

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 草地滾球 /草地滚球
  • 草地滾球 /草地滚球 (cǎodì gǔnqiú)precision sport
Dutch bowls, koersbal
  • bowlsprecision sport
  • koersbalprecision sport
Estonian keegel
  • keegelprecision sport
Finnish nurmikeilailu, kuula
  • nurmikeilailuprecision sport
  • kuulaball for game of bowls
French boulingrin
  • boulingrinprecision sport
German Bowlsspiel
  • Bowlsspielprecision sport
Hungarian teke, kugli
  • tekeprecision sport
  • kugliprecision sport
Italian bocce, boccia
  • bocceprecision sport
  • bocciaball for game of bowls
Japanese ローンボウルズ
  • ローンボウルズ (rōnbōruzu)precision sport
Māori maita
  • maitaprecision sport
Polish bowls, kula do gry w bowls
  • bowlsprecision sport
  • kula do gry w bowlsball for game of bowls
Portuguese bocha, bowls
  • bochaprecision sport
  • bowlsprecision sport
  • bochaball for game of bowls
Russian игра́ в боулз, боулз
  • игра́ в боулз (igrá v boulz)precision sport
  • боулз (boulz)precision sport
Spanish bowls sobre hierba
  • bowls sobre hierbaprecision sport
Turkish çim topu
  • çim topuprecision sport

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bowls

goalsrolesholesrollsKnowlescolesKnollys
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Cite this entry
APA

bowls. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowls

MLA

“bowls.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowls. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bowls,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowls.

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