What is connotative and denotative meaning of bowl?

Answer 1

A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc., Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking., The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold., The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon., A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled., An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward., The game of tenpins or Bowling., To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball., To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road., To pelt or strike with anything rolled., To play with bowls., To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc., To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along.