{
    "term": "bowl",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/di/diningroom.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a deep round dish with a wide open top, used especially for holding food or liquid",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a salad/fruit/sugar bowl"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a washing-up bowl"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I refilled the dog's water bowl."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sieve the flour into a bowl."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I helped myself to an apple from the bowl."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mix the ingredients in a deep bowl."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bowl was overflowing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The boy was eating chips out of a bowl."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cat drank some milk from the bowl"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The washing-up bowl was overflowing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This bowl holds about four pints."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a washing-up bowl full of dirty dishes"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["deep", "shallow", "empty"],
                "verb + bowl": ["fill", "pour (somebody)", "pour something into"],
                "bowl + verb": ["contain something", "hold something", "overflow"],
                "preposition": ["from a/​the bowl", "out of a/​the bowl", "in a/​the bowl"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the amount contained in a bowl",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He poured himself a bowl of soup."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I ate a bowl of cereal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bowl of rice/noodles/porridge/water"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["deep", "shallow", "empty"],
                "verb + bowl": ["fill", "pour (somebody)", "pour something into"],
                "bowl + verb": ["contain something", "hold something", "overflow"],
                "preposition": ["from a/​the bowl", "out of a/​the bowl", "in a/​the bowl"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the part of some objects that is like a bowl in shape",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the bowl of a spoon"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **toilet/lavatory bowl**"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a large round theatre without a roof, used for concerts, etc. outdoors",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the Hollywood Bowl"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a heavy wooden ball that is used in the games of bowls and bowling",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a game played on an area of very smooth grass, in which players take turns to roll bowls as near as possible to a small ball",
            "labels": "North American English also",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Games and toys"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "a game of American football played after the main season between the best teams",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the Super Bowl"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bəʊl/",
                "audio": "bo/bowl/bowl__gb_4.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbəʊlfʊl/",
                "audio": "bo/bowl/bowlful__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bəʊl/",
                "audio": "bo/bowl/bowl__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbəʊlfʊl/",
                "audio": "bo/bowl/bowlful__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 4 and noun sense 7 Old English bolle, bolla, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bol ‘round object’, also to boll. noun senses 5 to 6 late Middle English (in the general sense ‘ball’): from Old French boule, from Latin bulla ‘bubble’."
}