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bowl game

bowl game noun: a Native American game of chance involving the throwing of colored nuts from a bowl, comparable to dice.

Noun

bowl game (plural bowl games)

  1. (historical) A Native American game of chance involving the throwing of colored nuts from a bowl, comparable to dice.
    Synonyms:
    hubbub
  2. (US) A postseason college football competition.
    Synonyms:
    bowl

Synonyms of bowl game

Forms of bowl game

pluralbowl games

Origin of bowl game

From bowl + game. Sense 2 (“postseason college football competition”) is derived from the Rose Bowl Game, played in the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California, which is named for the bowl-shaped Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.

Questions about bowl game

What does bowl game mean?
Bowl game means a Native American game of chance involving the throwing of colored nuts from a bowl, comparable to dice.
What part of speech is bowl game?
Bowl game is a noun.
What is the plural of bowl game?
The plural of bowl game is bowl games.

Words near bowl game in the dictionary

  1. bowl cut
  2. bowl cuts
  3. bowl down
  4. bowl full
  5. bowl fulls
  6. bowl game
  7. bowl games
  8. bowl haircut
  9. bowl haircuts
  10. bowl hat
  11. bowl hats

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