any of various round hollow vessels used esp for holding liquids or food or for mixing food

the contents of a bowl

a ball used in bowls that is weighted or shaped to give it a bias

a ball used in skittles or tenpin bowling

(in pl, but treated as sing.) a game played typically outdoors on a green, in which bowls are rolled at a target jack in an attempt to bring them nearer to it than one's opponent's bowls

(often + along) to travel in a vehicle smoothly and rapidly

(often + along) to travel in a vehicle smoothly and rapidly