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1 N‑COUNT Your bowels are the tubes in your body through which digested food passes from your stomach to your anus.

2 N‑PLURAL You can refer in a polite way to someone getting rid of the waste from their body by saying that they move, open, or empty their bowels .

3 N‑PLURAL You can refer to the parts deep inside something such as the earth, a building, or a machine as the bowels of that thing. [HUMOROUS or LITERARY ] □  …deep in the bowels of the earth. □  Lyn went off into the dark bowels of the building.

bow|er /baʊə ^r / (bowers ) N‑COUNT A bower is a shady, leafy shelter in a garden or wood. [LITERARY ]

bowl ◆◇◇ /boʊ l/ (bowls , bowling , bowled )

1 N‑COUNT A bowl is a round container with a wide uncovered top. Some kinds of bowl are used, for example, for serving or eating food from, or in cooking, while other larger kinds are used for washing or cleaning. □  Put all the ingredients into a large bowl.

2 N‑COUNT The contents of a bowl can be referred to as a bowl of something. □ [+ of ] …a bowl of soup.

3 N‑COUNT You can refer to the hollow rounded part of an object as its bowl . □ [+ of ] He smacked the bowl of his pipe into his hand. □  …the toilet bowl.

4 N‑UNCOUNT Bowls is a game in which players try to roll large wooden balls as near as possible to a small wooden ball. Bowls is usually played outdoors on grass. [BRIT ] in AM, use lawn bowling 5 N‑COUNT [usu pl] A set of bowls is a set of round wooden balls that you play bowls with.

6 VERB In a sport such as cricket, when a bowler bowls a ball, he or she sends it down the pitch towards a batsman. □ [V n] I can't see the point of bowling a ball like that. □ [V ] He bowled so well that we won two matches.

7 VERB If you bowl along in a car or on a boat, you move along very quickly, especially when you are enjoying yourself. □ [V prep/adv] Veronica looked at him, smiling, as they bowled along.

8 N‑COUNT A large stadium where sports or concerts take place is sometimes called a Bowl . □  …the Crystal Palace Bowl. □  …the Rose Bowl.

9 → see also bowling , begging bowl , fruit bowl , mixing bowl , punch bowl , salad bowl , sugar bowl

▸  bowl over

1 PHRASAL VERB To bowl someone over means to push them and make them fall to the ground. □ [be V -ed P ] The only physical risk I ran was being bowled over by one of the many joggers. □ [V n P ] Some people had to cling to trees as the flash flood bowled them over. [Also V P n]

2 PHRASAL VERB If you are bowled over by something, you are very impressed or surprised by it. □ [be V -ed P ] Like any tourist, I was bowled over by India. □ [V n P ] …a man who bowled her over with his humour and charm. [Also V P n]

bow|ler /boʊ lə ^r / (bowlers ) N‑COUNT The bowler in a sport such as cricket is the player who is bowling the ball. □  He's a rather good fast bowler.

bo w|ler ha t (bowler hats ) N‑COUNT A bowler hat is a round, hard, black hat with a narrow brim which is worn by men, especially British businessmen. Bowler hats are no longer very common. [mainly BRIT ] in AM, use derby

bowl|ful /boʊ lfʊl/ (bowlfuls ) N‑COUNT The contents of a bowl can be referred to as a bowlful of something. □ [+ of ] They ate a large bowlful of cereal. □  I had a mixed salad–a huge bowlful for £3.20.

bowl|ing /boʊ l I ŋ/

1 N‑UNCOUNT Bowling is a game in which you roll a heavy ball down a narrow track towards a group of wooden objects and try to knock down as many of them as possible. □  I go bowling for relaxation.

2 N‑UNCOUNT In a sport such as cricket, bowling is the action or activity of bowling the ball towards the batsman.

bo wl|ing al|ley (bowling alleys ) N‑COUNT A bowling alley is a building which contains several tracks for bowling.

bo wl|ing green (bowling greens ) N‑COUNT A bowling green is an area of very smooth, short grass on which the game of bowls or lawn bowling is played.