Home › Words › E › embowlembowlembowl means to form like a bowl.EtymologyFrom em- + bowl.verbTo form like a bowlto give a globular shape to.e.g.“16th century,Philip Sidney, Sidney Psalms the Earth, embowl'd by thee”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.embow 74% match — To bend like a bow; to curve. vs embowl →embowel 71% match — To enclose or bury. vs embowl →bowllike 70% match — Resembling or characteristic of a bowl. vs embowl →embowed 69% match — Bent, curved or arched like a bow. vs embowl →bowled 67% match — Having a bowl or bowl-shaped element. vs embowl →unbowel 63% match — To deprive of the entrails; to disembowel. vs embowl →emboweling 62% match — An act of disembowelment. vs embowl →bowelled 62% match — Having bowels; hollow. vs embowl →