bowls

English

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bowls

1. plural of bowl

Noun

bowls

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

Derived terms

• carpet bowls
• crown green bowls
• lawn bowls

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

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bowl

Anagrams

• Blows, blows

Portuguese

Noun

bowls m (uncountable)

1. bowls (precision sport)