bowl
/bəʊl/noun
उच्चारण बोल
कटोरा
Basic word
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[C]
a deep round dish with a wide open top, used especially for holding food or liquid; a round hollow part of an object; a large round stadium
कटोरा
- a bowl of soup
- She poured the dal into a large steel bowl.
- The cat licked the milk from its bowl.
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- The bowl of the wooden spoon was too shallow for the soup.
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[I, T]
(in cricket) to throw a ball to the batsman; to roll a ball in the game of bowls or bowling
गेंदबाज़ी करना
- He bowled a fast delivery.
- Bumrah bowled brilliantly in the last over.
- Who will bowl first for the team?
+ 1 more example
- The spinner bowled a tricky ball that turned sharply.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a bowl of + food
A bowl of rice means the food inside; 'a rice bowl' means the dish itself.
'A bowl of rice' का अर्थ भीतर का खाना है; 'a rice bowl' का अर्थ स्वयं बर्तन है।
- She ate a bowl of curd rice.
- He washed the rice bowls.
bowl (cricket verb)
In cricket, bowl is both transitive and intransitive: bowl a ball, bowl an over, bowl someone out.
क्रिकेट में bowl सकर्मक और अकर्मक दोनों है: bowl a ball, bowl an over, bowl someone out।
- Bumrah bowled a brilliant over.
- The spinner bowled him for 40.
bowl (noun, stadium / hollow)
A bowl can also be a large round stadium or the round hollow part of an object.
Bowl बड़ा गोल stadium या किसी वस्तु का गोल गहरा हिस्सा भी हो सकता है।
- The Rose Bowl is a famous stadium.
- The bowl of the spoon is small.
bowl sb over (phrasal verb)
Literally to knock someone down; figuratively to surprise or impress them greatly.
शाब्दिक अर्थ में किसी को गिरा देना; लाक्षणिक रूप से किसी को बहुत चकित या प्रभावित करना।
- The sudden news bowled her over.
- I was bowled over by his kindness.
+Collocations 4
adjective + bowl
largesteelwoodenemptydeepceramic
- A wooden bowl of fruit stood on the table.
type of bowl
fruit bowlsoup bowlsugar bowldust bowlfish bowl
- The dust bowl damaged many farms in the 1930s.
bowl + adverb (cricket)
bowl wellbowl fastbowl widebowl straightbowl first
- The team captain chose to bowl first.
bowl + object (cricket)
an overa spella yorkera bouncera maiden
- She bowled a maiden over in the final.
“More examples 5
- Radhika filled the bowl with fresh mangoes.
राधिका ने कटोरे को ताज़े आमों से भर दिया।
- India won the toss and decided to bowl.
भारत ने टॉस जीता और गेंदबाज़ी करने का निर्णय लिया।
- Her singing bowled me over.
उसके गायन ने मुझे बहुत प्रभावित किया।
- A bowl of hot dal was all he wanted that cold night.
उस ठंडी रात उसे बस एक कटोरी गरम दाल चाहिए थी।
- The stadium looked like a huge bowl full of cheering fans.
स्टेडियम जयकार करते प्रशंसकों से भरा विशाल कटोरे जैसा दिख रहा था।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ I was bowled over from her kindness.
✓ I was bowled over by her kindness.
The passive of 'bowl over' takes 'by' for the cause.
'Bowl over' के passive में कारण के लिए 'by' आता है।
✗ The bowler bowled the ball in the batsman.
✓ The bowler bowled the ball to the batsman.
Direction towards a person takes 'to'.
व्यक्ति की ओर दिशा के लिए 'to' आता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Bowl, dish and plate are all tableware but differ in shape.
Bowl, dish और plate सभी बर्तन हैं, पर आकार में अलग हैं।
Flat and shallow, for serving or eating food.
सपाट और उथला, भोजन परोसने या खाने के लिए।
- A plate of rice.
A general word for a container for serving food, or the food itself.
भोजन परोसने के पात्र या स्वयं भोजन के लिए सामान्य शब्द।
- A dish of vegetables.
→Phrasal verbs 1
bowl sb over
to run into somebody and knock them down; to surprise somebody a lot or impress them very much
(टकराकर) गिरा देना; (किसी को) बहुत प्रभावित करना, हैरान कर देना
- We were bowled over by Radhika's performance in the debate.
◇Word family
?Which word?
Homophone: bowl and bole (the trunk of a tree) are both /bəʊl/.
Homophone: bowl और bole (पेड़ का तना) दोनों /bəʊl/ हैं।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Phrasal verbs and idioms, asked often: bowl sb over (surprise and impress somebody very much: 'I was bowled over by her talent'; also knock somebody down), bowl out (in cricket, dismiss a batsman).
Phrasal verbs और idioms अक्सर पूछे जाते हैं: bowl sb over (किसी को बहुत चकित और प्रभावित करना: 'I was bowled over by her talent'; किसी को गिरा देना भी), bowl out (क्रिकेट में बल्लेबाज़ को आउट करना)।
Begging bowl (asking for money), dust bowl (an area where the land has become dry).
Collocations: begging bowl (पैसा माँगना), dust bowl (ऐसा क्षेत्र जहाँ भूमि सूख गई हो)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A player who bowls in cricket is a bowler; a batsman or batter; the fielder behind the stumps a wicketkeeper.
क्रिकेट में गेंद फेंकने वाला bowler; batsman या batter; स्टंप के पीछे का क्षेत्ररक्षक wicketkeeper।