bowl vs loft

bowl

verb
  • To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports). 

  • To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports. 

  • To play bowling or a similar game. 

  • To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels. 

  • To pelt or strike with anything rolled. 

noun
  • A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl. 

  • The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls. 

  • The action of bowling a ball. 

  • An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl. 

  • A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape. 

  • A rounded portion of a glyph that encloses empty space, as in the letters d and o. 

  • A round crater (or similar) in the ground. 

  • A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl) 

  • The game of bowls. 

  • The part of a spoon that holds content, as opposed to the handle. 

  • A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items. 

  • As much as is held by a bowl. 

  • Part of a pipe, bong, or other smoking implement that holds the material to be burned. 

  • The round hollow part of anything. 

loft

verb
  • To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface. 

  • To propel high into the air. 

  • To fly or travel through the air, as though propelled 

  • To raise (a bed) on tall supports so that the space beneath can be used for something else. 

  • To furnish with a loft space. 

noun
  • The pitch or slope of the face of a golf club (tending to drive the ball upward). 

  • A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc. 

  • An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building. 

  • The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure. 

How often have the words bowl and loft occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )