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bowl-shaped

bowl-shaped

1 3.6
A shape with a curved bottom and an open top like a bowl
  • adjective
  • /boʊl-ʃeɪpt/
translation icon : en forma de cuenco
  • The resulting bowl-shaped depression is about the size of a dinner plate.
  • bowl-shaped crater
  • bowl-shaped valley
  • bowl-shaped depression

Examples

  • The architect designed a bowl-shaped roof to allow rainwater to collect in the center.

  • The park features a bowl-shaped seating area that offers a great view of the stage.

  • The bowl-shaped devices above are cryostats.

    Blog text (33)

  • Ayla's heart beat faster when she thought she saw a round, bowl-shaped object on a rocky beach ahead.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The common bowl-shaped baffles are pretty good at keeping squirrels out, but raccoons have no trouble climbing right over them.

    Blog text (4)

  • The result was the formation of a bowl-shaped crater approximately one kilometer across and over 200 meters (660 feet) deep.

    Academic text (1992)

  • After staking out a spot, parental males construct nests by sweeping a bowl-shaped depression in the lake bed with their tail fins.

    Academic text (2005)

  • In the garden, there was a bowl-shaped flower bed surrounded by colorful plants.

Synonyms

concave
vsbowl-shaped
5 5.2

Curved inward like the inside of a bowl or spoon

is a specific inward curved form that has an open top
saucer-shaped
vsbowl-shaped
1 3.9

Shallow, rounded, and curved inward like a small dish

is deeper and has a higher rim and open top
bowl-like
vsbowl-shaped
3.7

Rounded and hollow like a bowl

is identical in meaning but uses the -shaped form instead
dish-shaped
vsbowl-shaped
4.2

Curving inward like a shallow bowl

is deeper and has a clear open top rather than a shallower form
patelliform
vsbowl-shaped
  • Specialized
9.9

Shaped like a shallow bowl or plate

is deeper and more open rather than being very shallow
dished
vsbowl-shaped
6.3

A surface that curves inward like a shallow bowl

refers to the whole hollow form with an open top, not only curvature
spoon-shaped
vsbowl-shaped
3.5

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

is broader and deeper, meant as a larger open container

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-shaped positive

Morphology

bowl-shaped = bowl + shape (transparent) = bowl + shape + ed

The word transparently combines 'bowl' and 'shaped' to mean having the shape of a bowl, which is a straightforward compositional meaning.

Etymology

The word bowl-shaped comes from the common object bowl and the word shaped, meaning 'in the shape of a bowl'. So, something bowl-shaped is hollow and curved with an open top, just like a bowl.