English Explanatory Dictionary

bowl game

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Native American game of chance involving the throwing of colored nuts from a bowl, comparable to dice.
  2. A postseason college football competition.

Word forms

bowl game bowl games

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

hubbub bowl
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