bowls

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /bəʊlz/
(General American) IPA^(key): /boʊlz/
Rhymes: -əʊlz

Noun

bowls

plural of bowl

Noun

bowls

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

Translations

precision sport

Chinese:
Mandarin: 草地滾球／草地滚球 (cǎodì gǔnqiú)
Dutch: bowls (nl), koersbal
Estonian: keegel
Finnish: nurmikeilailu
French: boulingrin (fr) m
German: Bowlsspiel n
Hungarian: teke (hu), kugli (hu)
Italian: bocce (it)
Japanese: ローンボウルズ (rōnbōruzu)
Macedonian: боќање n (boḱanje)
Maori: maita
Portuguese: bocha (pt) f, bowls m
Russian: игра́ в боулз f (igrá v boulz), боулз m (boulz)
Spanish: bowls sobre hierba
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: çim topu

ball for game of bowls

Finnish: kuula (fi)
Italian: boccia (it) f
Portuguese: bocha (pt) f

See also

bowls on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

bowls

third-person singular simple present indicative of bowl

Anagrams

Blows, blows

Portuguese

Noun

bowls m (uncountable)

bowls (precision sport)

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