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Bowls

Bowls

(bōlz)

,

Noun.

pl.

See

, a ball, a game.

Definition 2024

bowls

bowls

English

Noun

bowls

plural of bowl
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.
A ball used in the game of bowls

Derived terms

crown green bowls

Translations

precision sport

Chinese:
Mandarin: 草地滾球, 草地滚球 ‎(cǎodì gǔnqiú)
Dutch: bowls (nl), koersbal
Finnish: nurmikeilailu
French: boulingrin (fr) m
German: Bowlsspiel n
Hungarian:

Italian: bocce
Japanese: ローンボウルズ ‎(rōnbouruzu)
Macedonian: боќање n ‎(bóḱanje)
Maori: maita
Portuguese: bowls m
Russian: игра́ в боулз f ‎(igrá v boulz), боулз m ‎(boulz)
Spanish: bowls sobre hierba
Thai:

ball for game of bowls

Finnish: kuula (fi)

Italian: boccia (it) f

See also

bowls on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

bowls

third-person singular simple present indicative form of bowl

Anagrams

blows

Portuguese

Noun

bowls m (uncountable)

bowls (precision sport)