Bowl vs. Basin

A bowl is a round dish or container typically used to prepare and serve food. The interior of a bowl is characteristically shaped like a spherical cap, with the edges and the bottom forming a seamless curve.

a bowl for washing, typically attached to a wall and having taps connected to a water supply; a washbasin.

a round, deep dish or basin used for food or liquid

a wide open container used for preparing food or for holding liquid

a natural basin.

a circular or oval valley or natural depression on the earth's surface, especially one containing water

a stadium for sporting or musical events

An open, shallow, usually round container used especially for holding liquids.

a wooden or hard rubber ball, slightly asymmetrical so that it runs on a curved course, used in the game of bowls.

The amount that such a vessel can hold.

a spell or turn of bowling in cricket.

A washbowl; a sink.

roll (a ball or other round object) along the ground

A body of water that is connected to the sea and is partially or almost completely enclosed by land.

(of a bowler) propel (the ball) with a straight arm towards the batsman, typically in such a way that the ball bounces once

A small body of water that is artificially enclosed.

move rapidly and smoothly in a specified direction

See watershed.

A hemispherical vessel, wider than it is deep, used for holding food or fluids.

A broad tract of land in which the rock strata are tilted toward a common center.

The contents of such a vessel.

A large, bowl-shaped depression in the surface of the land or ocean floor.

A drinking goblet.

A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.

A bowl-shaped part, as of a spoon or pipe.

(obsolete) A shallow bowl used for a single serving of a drink or liquidy food.

A bowl-shaped topographic depression.

A depression, natural or artificial, containing water.

A bowl-shaped stadium or outdoor theater.

(geography) An area of land from which water drains into a common outlet; drainage basin.

(Football) Any of various postseason games played between specially selected teams, especially at the college level.

(geography) A shallow depression in a rock formation, such as an area of down-folded rock that has accumulated a thick layer of sediments, or an area scooped out by water erosion.

A ball, traditionally made of wood, that is weighted or slightly flattened so as to roll with a bias, used in lawn bowling.

To create a concavity or depression in.

A roll or throw of a ball in lawn bowling and other bowling games.

To serve as or become a basin.

bowls(used with a sing. verb) See lawn bowling.

To shelter or enclose in a basin.

A revolving cylinder or drum in a machine.

A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.

To participate in a game of bowling

The quantity contained in a basin.

To throw or roll a ball in a game of bowling

A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc.

To hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch toward the batsman at the other, keeping the arm straight throughout the delivery.

A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay.

To move quickly and smoothly, especially by rolling

A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river.

To throw or roll (a ball).

An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; - especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields.

To make (a specified score) in bowling

a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids;

To perform (a specified amount, as a string or game) in bowling

the quantity that a basin will hold;

To move quickly and smoothly by or as if by rolling

a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it;

To meet or strike with or as if with the force of a rapidly rolling object

the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries;

A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.

a bathroom or lavatory sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you wash your hands and face;

As much as is held by a bowl.

(cooking) A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl.

A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.

The round hollow part of anything.

The part of a spoon that holds content, as opposed to the handle.

A part of a pipe or bong packed with marijuana for smoking

(typography) A rounded portion of a glyph that encloses empty space, as in the letters d and o.

(landforms) A round crater (or similar) in the ground.

An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.

(American football) A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)

The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.

The action of bowling a ball.

The game of bowls.

(transitive) To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.

(intransitive) To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).

(intransitive) To play bowling or a similar game.

To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.

To pelt or strike with anything rolled.

A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.

Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking.

The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.

The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.

A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled.

An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward.

The game of tenpins or bowling.

To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.

To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road.

To pelt or strike with anything rolled.

To play with bowls.

To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc.

To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along.

a round vessel that is open at the top; used for holding fruit or liquids or for serving food

a concave shape with an open top

a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods

the quantity contained in a bowl

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

a wooden ball (with flattened sides) used in the game of bowls

a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco

roll (a ball)

engage in the sport of bowling;