bowl

  • 21bowl — bowl1 bowllike, adj. /bohl/, n. 1. a rather deep, round dish or basin, used chiefly for holding liquids, food, etc. 2. the contents of a bowl: a bowl of tomato soup. 3. a rounded, cuplike, hollow part: the bowl of a pipe. 4. a large drinking cup …

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  • 22bowl — 1 noun 1 CONTAINER (C) a wide round container that is open at the top, used to hold liquids, flowers etc: Mix all the ingredients thoroughly in a bowl. (+ of): a bowl of fruit | soup/salad/cereal etc bowl (=a bowl to eat or serve soup, salad etc… …

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  • 23bowl — I. /boʊl / (say bohl) noun 1. a rather deep, round dish or basin, used chiefly for holding liquids, food, etc. 2. the contents of a bowl. 3. a rounded, hollow part: the bowl of a pipe. 4. a large drinking cup; a goblet. 5. → skate bowl. 6.… …

  • 24bowl — 1. n. 1 a a usu. round deep basin used for food or liquid. b the quantity (of soup etc.) a bowl holds. c the contents of a bowl. 2 a any deep sided container shaped like a bowl (lavatory bowl). b the bowl shaped part of a tobacco pipe, spoon,… …

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  • 25bowl*/*/ — [bəʊl] noun [C] I 1) a round container that you use for eating, serving, or preparing food In a large bowl, mix together the eggs, sugar, and butter.[/ex] a bowl of fruit/soup[/ex] 2) the food in a bowl, or the amount that a bowl contains I… …

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  • 26bowl — n. dish, vessel 1) a punch; salad; soup; sugar (AE); washing up (BE) bowl championship football game (AE) 2) the Cotton; Rose; Sugar bowl region (esp. AE) 3) a dust; rice bowl * * * [bəʊl] Rose Sugar bowl rice …

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  • 27bowl — I [[t]boʊl[/t]] n. 1) cer a rather deep, round dish or basin, used chiefly for holding liquids, food, etc 2) the contents of a bowl 3) a rounded, cuplike, hollow part: the bowl of a pipe[/ex] 4) cer a large drinking cup 5) any bowl shaped… …

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  • 28bowl — I. noun Etymology: Middle English bolle, from Old English bolla; akin to Old High German bolla blister Date: before 12th century 1. a concave usually nearly hemispherical vessel; specifically a drinking vessel (as for wine) 2. the contents of a… …

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  • 29Bowl — (as used in expressions) Dust Bowl Rose Bowl Super Bowl …

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  • 30bowl —    [ gilgai ]    A cup or trough shaped subsurface morphology centered under and surrounding the microlow of a gilgai, commonly 3 5 m across and 1.5 3 m thick, containing numerous slickensides (oblique slip / shear faces) within it, and bounded… …

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