bowl, boll

Bowl or bowl means to play the game of knocking over pins with a ball rolled at them--
He spent years trying to bowl a perfect game.
She learned to bowl when she was in her teens.
Bowl also means a dish with sides--
Would you like another bowl of cereal?
We would like a bowl of spaghetti to share.

Bowl may also mean  a special or championship football game --
The Rose Bowl attracts a big crowd every year.
We will all miss the Hula Bowl, since it isn't played any longer.

Boll or boll  ( rhymes with bowl ) means the seed or pod of a plant, such as cotton--
The boll weevil is an insect that may live in cotton plants.
Cotton grows inside a boll, something like a protective shell.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The children and old people sat and picked the cotton from the boll, putting the cotton into a large bowl."

Note--"bole" ( rhymes with bowl and boll ) means a reddish-brown color, or the pigment used to make it.
Note # 2--the "Cotton Bowl" is a football game, or the Texas football stadium in which it is played.
Not to be confused with a "cotton boll", meaning a pod of cotton, as grown on the plant.