bowl
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4.9
- noun
- /boʊl/
- US
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- Every summer, the local community gathers at the bowl for outdoor concerts and festivals.
- Rose bowl
Regi Land, which was at Milton Keynes Bowl, done really well.
- Regi Land, which was at Milton Keynes Bowl, done really well.
- We play Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl smashing smack.
Examples
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The front presidential row has small coffee tables with bowls of fresh fruit and flowers.
Academic text (2000) -
I was at a Gene Vincent concert at Crampton Bowl when I was a kid.
Fiction book (1993) -
And at this dinner, the Rose Bowl court was present.
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It's been so hard ever since the Super Bowl stop happened.
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I guess maybe this Super Bowl was never meant to be.
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It's the Super Bowl of the art world.
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Of course, tickets to the Super Bowl would be very nice.
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Sometimes we go to the Rose Bowl.
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One night we went up into the hills behind the Hollywood Bowl.
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There's Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Drag Bowl.
Synonyms
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1.4
A large open building with seats around a field for sports or concerts
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2.9
A large building with seats where people watch sports or concerts
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3.4
A large covered stadium used for sports or concerts
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4.7
A large building like a sports stadium with many seats for events
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2.5
A large indoor building with seats for people to watch sports like basketball or hockey
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2.5
A large outdoor building with seats for many people to watch sports or concerts
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3.9
A large sports arena with a rounded roof that covers the field and seats
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A machine that chops and mixes meat quickly with fast blades in a round bowl
- Specialized
A machine that chops and mixes meat and other food inside a spinning bowl
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Etymology
Bowl for a stadium comes from the picture of a giant 'round cup' that holds many people, and the word keeps the old idea from bolla; that's why a stadium called a bowl is a large, curved place that gathers a crowd.