Bowl vs. Stadium

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 stadium (plural stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event at the ancient Greek Olympic festival was the race that comprised one length of the stadion at Olympia, where the word "stadium" originated.Most of the stadiums with a capacity of at least 10,000 are used for association football. Other popular stadium sports include gridiron football, baseball, cricket, the various codes of rugby, field lacrosse, bandy, and bullfighting.

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

A large, usually open structure for sports events with tiered seating for spectators.

a natural basin.

A course on which foot races were held in ancient Greece, usually semicircular and having tiers of seats for spectators.

a stadium for sporting or musical events

An ancient Greek measure of distance, based on the length of such a course and equal to about 185 meters (607 feet).

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

(Medicine) A stage or period in the course of a disease.

a spell or turn of bowling in cricket.

(Biology) A stage in the development or life history of an organism.

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

A venue where sporting events are held.

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

An Ancient Greek racecourse, especially, the Olympic course for foot races.

move rapidly and smoothly in a specified direction

(historical) stadion, a Greek unit of length equivalent to about 185 m.

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

A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends.

The contents of such a vessel.

(surveying) a graduated rod used to measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the telescope.

A drinking goblet.

(biology) A life stage of an organism.

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

A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements. It was equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet 9 inches English. This was also called the Olympic stadium, as being the exact length of the foot-race course at Olympia.

A bowl-shaped topographic depression.

A race course; especially, the Olympic course for foot races.

A bowl-shaped stadium or outdoor theater.

A modern structure, with its inclosure, resembling the ancient stadium{2}, used for athletic games which are typically played out-of-doors; such stadiums are usually large structures without roofs, though some modern stadiums may have a protective dome overhead. It may be contrasted with the arena, the term commonly used for smaller structures at which indoor games are played.

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

A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends; especially (Surveying), a graduated rod used to measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the telescope; - also called stadia, and stadia rod.

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

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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

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

A revolving cylinder or drum in a machine.

To participate in a game of bowling

To throw or roll a ball in a game of bowling

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

To move quickly and smoothly, especially by rolling

To throw or roll (a ball).

To make (a specified score) in bowling

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

To move quickly and smoothly by or as if by rolling

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

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

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;