a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack
"The team gathered in the garden to play bowls, where they carefully rolled their heavy wooden balls toward the white jack."
plural of bowl
"The team cheered as they played bowls, trying to get their weighted stones closer to the white jack than the opposing squad could manage."
A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do.
In plain English: Bowls are round dishes used for holding food, drinks, or other items on a table.
"The children played with colorful plastic bowls in the rain."
Usage: Bowls refers specifically to the precision sport involving rolling weighted balls toward a target marker. Do not confuse this with serving dishes; if you are talking about eating utensils, use "bowls" as a plural noun for containers rather than referencing the game itself.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bowl
"He bowls the ball gently toward the corner flag."
In plain English: To bowl means to roll a heavy ball down a lane toward pins with the goal of knocking them all over.
"He bowls the ball down the alley to strike the pins."