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bowl-like

bowl-like

3.7
Rounded and hollow like a bowl
  • adjective
  • /boʊl-laɪk/
translation icon : en forma de bol
  • The large, bowl-like structure served as a modern centerpiece in the garden.

Examples

  • The architect designed bowl-like seating that provided comfort and style.

  • (4) A piala is a broad bowl-like cup with no handles.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • If one stands at ground level in the midst of this so-called "bowl" and scans the horizon in all directions, no range of hills or mountains forms a bowl-like structure on the ground.

    Academic text (2015)

  • The hill formed a bowl-like shape, surrounded by lush greenery.

Synonyms

concave
vsbowl-like
5 5.2

Curved inward like the inside of a bowl or spoon

is a specific hollow container form rather than a general inward curve
bowl-shaped
vsbowl-like
1 3.6

A shape with a curved bottom and an open top like a bowl

is the same meaning but expressed with a different adjective form
saucer-shaped
vsbowl-like
1 3.9

Shallow, rounded, and curved inward like a small dish

is more rounded and deeper rather than remaining very shallow
dish-shaped
vsbowl-like
4.2

Curving inward like a shallow bowl

is deeper and more rounded rather than being shallow
dishlike
vsbowl-like
3.3

Shaped like a shallow bowl

is more explicit about a deeper, hollow rounded shape
dished
vsbowl-like
6.3

A surface that curves inward like a shallow bowl

describes a full hollow form rather than only a curved surface
patelliform
vsbowl-like
  • Specialized
9.9

Shaped like a shallow bowl or plate

is deeper and more fully hollow rather than being shallow
cuplike
vsbowl-like
4.1

Shaped like a cup that can hold water

is generally broader and more open rather than being small and narrow
spoon-shaped
vsbowl-like
3.5

A shape that is like a spoon with a round shallow hollow

is deeper and more fully hollow rather than being small and shallow

How Bowl-shaped

concave
5 5.2
bowl-shaped
1 3.6
bowl-like
3.7
cuplike
4.1
rounded
1 2.4

Surface Forms

bowl-like positive

Morphology

bowl-like = bowl (transparent) = bowl + like

The adjective is directly formed by adding the productive suffix '-like' meaning 'resembling' to the noun 'bowl', so the meaning is easily derived.

Etymology

Bowl-like comes from bowl, a round hollow dish you eat from, and the ending -like, which means 'similar to'. So bowl-like describes something with a rounded, hollow shape that can 'hold' water or things, just like a bowl.