The difference between Bowl and Bowlful

When used as nouns, bowl means a roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items, whereas bowlful means as much as is held by a bowl.


Bowl is also verb with the meaning: to roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bowl and Bowlful

  1. Bowl as a noun:

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

  2. Bowl as a noun:

    As much as is held by a bowl.

    Examples:

    "You can’t have any more soup – you’ve had three bowls already."

  3. Bowl as a noun:

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

  4. Bowl as a noun (typography):

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

    Examples:

    "Direct the cleaning fluid around the toilet bowl and under the rim."

    "Let's smoke a bowl!"

  5. Bowl as a noun:

    A round crater (or similar) in the ground.

  6. Bowl as a noun (sports, theater):

    An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.

  7. Bowl as a noun (American football):

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

  1. Bowl as a noun:

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

  2. Bowl as a noun:

    The action of bowling a ball.

  3. Bowl as a noun (in the plural, but used with a singular verb):

    The game of bowls.

  1. Bowl as a verb (transitive):

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

  2. Bowl as a verb (intransitive):

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

  3. Bowl as a verb:

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

    Examples:

    "We were bowled rapidly along the road."

  4. Bowl as a verb:

    To pelt or strike with anything rolled.

  1. Bowlful as a noun:

    As much as is held by a bowl.