bowls 1 of 2

noun

Definition of bowlsnext
plural of bowl
as in coliseums
a large usually roofless building for sporting events with tiers of seats for spectators a new bowl for the football team

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bowls

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bowl
1
as in flows
to move or proceed smoothly and readily bowling along in my spiffy new car

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2
as in races
to proceed or move quickly bowled through the test and was the first one to hand in the booklet

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  1. stadiums
  2. stadia
  3. drives
  4. runs
  5. jumps
Noun
  • Not all stadiums are created equal.
    Alex Sherman, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Lambeau Field ranked very highly on USA Today's survey of best NFL stadiums.
    JR Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of stadiums
Noun
  • Plus, this park is tougher on liners than either of the Big Apple stadia.
    Tony Blengino, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Sweaty old football is the only content left which can compete with Taylor Swift, who, it should be noted, borrowed a loop of NFL stadia for her rocking sellout tour.
    Jason Gay, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2023
Definition of stadia
Verb
  • Severe storms, the study found, lead to a capital depreciation shock that drives down the value of local assets.
    Justin Worland, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
  • So what drives happiness at work?
    Tanya Arturi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of drives
Verb
  • Eligibility for the 2025 Grammys runs from September 16, 2023, through August 30, 2024.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In practice, a timing study of an operation that runs 24/7 might only involve 15 minutes of direct observation where the subject knows they are being watched.
    Jeff Mahler, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of runs
Verb
  • Mercury does not approve of friendly overtures and starts a fight with Pluto, but then Mercury up and jumps from Libra to Scorpio and the argument becomes moot.
    Jennifer Culp, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
  • But then on Sunday afternoon, Mercury jumps the fence from airy Libra to icy Scorpio.
    Jennifer Culp, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of jumps
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Thesaurus Entries Near bowls

bowl over

bowls

bowls (down or over)

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