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bowl2

 
pronunciation:
bol
features:
Homophone Note
part of speech: verb
inflections: bowls, bowling, bowled
definition: When you bowl, you play the game of bowling. Bowling is a kind of game or sport. In bowling, people roll a heavy ball down a long wooden floor and try to hit some standing pieces of wood called "pins." People score points when the pins fall down.
My mom and dad like to bowl on Saturday nights.
Homophone Note
Are you looking for the word boll (a seed pod)? Bowl and boll sound alike but have different meanings.