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bol — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ball noun A round or roughly spherical object, especially one used in sports and games.
  • bulb noun The rounded glass part of an electric light that produces light when current passes through it.
  • bun noun A small round bread roll, often sweet, or used to hold a filling like a burger.
  • convex adj Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.
  • crown noun An ornamental headpiece worn by a monarch as a symbol of royal power.
  • orb noun A sphere or spherical object, especially something described poetically — a planet, star, or globe.
  • scoop noun A cup-shaped tool, or the utensil's bowl-shaped end, used for lifting and serving loose material like ice cream or flour.
  • sphere noun A perfectly round, three-dimensional shape, like a ball.

Senses

bol is used for these senses in English:

  • ball A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
  • bread roll A miniature round loaf of bread, often accompanying a meal.
  • bulb Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
  • bun A small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.
  • convex Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.
  • cornflower A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).
  • crown The top section of a hat, above the brim.
  • crown (religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.

ball — full definition

  1. noun A round or roughly spherical object, especially one used in sports and games.
  2. noun A large, formal social gathering for dancing.
  3. verb To form or roll something into a round shape.

bulb — full definition

  1. noun The rounded glass part of an electric light that produces light when current passes through it.
  2. noun A rounded underground plant part, made of a short stem and layered fleshy leaves, from which a new plant grows.

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