Meaning

5 senses
  1. One who engages in the sport of bowling.

  2. The player currently bowling.

  3. A player selected mainly for their bowling ability.

  4. (slang)The pitcher.

  5. A bowler hat; a round black hat formerly popular among British businessmen.

    a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim

Examples

17 sentences
  1. Tom is a bowler.

    Том — гравець в боулінг. — deniko

  2. Tom is a very good bowler.

  3. I know Tom isn't a very good bowler.

  4. I know Tom is a very good bowler.

  5. Tom is a much better bowler than Mary.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From bowl + -er. From the name of the hatmakers Thomas and William Bowler, associated wit

From bowl + -er.

From the name of the hatmakers Thomas and William Bowler, associated with early production.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: bowlers
Singularbowler
Pluralbowlers

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
pitcher:pitcher
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bowler — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto