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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bowl game

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.60 in modern English

Syllables
bowl game
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

A postseason college football competition.

American usage

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.

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Sports.

Inflected Forms

bowl games (plural)

Synonyms

hubbub bowl

Questions

What does bowl game mean?
A Native American game of chance involving the throwing of colored nuts from a bowl, comparable to dice.
Where does bowl game come from?
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.

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