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bowl

bowl

203 1.0
An amount of food or drink for one serving
  • noun
  • /boʊl/
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  • And there you go, a bowl of fresh Thai lemongrass soup.
  • bowl of rice
  • bowl of stew
  • bowl of cereal

Joey, you have two bowls of old food on that desk.

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Examples

  • They had a big bowl, a medium bowl and a tiny little bowl.

  • I eat gigantic, gigantic bowls of beans and rice.

  • Chase gave me a bowl of this stuff just straight up.

  • Give me two bowls of water!

  • Joey, you have two bowls of old food on that desk.

  • Mr. Kim lifted his head from his rice bowl, looking very old.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • But now, one bowl of crimson remains.

  • I requested a second bowl and then I ate other people's bowls when they were too full.

  • Plop it back into the bowl and that's it.

  • Please pour me a bowl of cereal for breakfast.

Synonyms

basin
vsbowl
12 1.0

A wide, round container with sloping sides for holding water or food

refers only to the amount contained rather than the physical container
bowlful
vsbowl
1 2.2

An amount of something that fills a bowl

is the same meaning but used as a general phrase rather than a single word

Idioms

To say you need to go to the toilet to poop as a joke

Compounds

13 1.0

A large part of a toilet that holds waste until you flush

12 2.6

A large deep bowl for serving drinks at parties

11 1.0

A large bowl for putting ingredients together when you cook or bake

4 1.0

A deep dish for serving and eating soup

3 6.5

A dry area with strong dust storms that ruined farms in the 1930s

3 1.0

A small container for serving sugar at the table

3 1.0

A bowl for mixing and serving salad

2 1.0

A bowl used for eating breakfast cereal

finger bowl
  • Archaic
2 7.0

A small bowl of water for rinsing fingers between courses

1 7.5

A bowl that people use to collect money or food from others

bowl of cherries
  • Informal
1 6.0

A very pleasant situation

1 1.4

A clear round container to keep small pet fish

1 2.6

A bowl of rice served with toppings, or a person's job that gives them money

A serving of Japanese noodle soup with hot broth and toppings like meat or egg

A round clear glass container used to keep small pet fish

goldfish bowl
  • Informal
1 6.5

A situation where others watch you closely and you have no privacy

bowl chopper
  • Specialized
7.6

A machine that chops and mixes meat quickly with fast blades in a round bowl

bowl cutter
  • Specialized
6.1

A machine that chops and mixes meat and other food inside a spinning bowl

A portion of lau kui served hot in a bowl

4.6

A situation where many people watch you and you have no privacy

6.5

The round open part of a smoking pipe that holds tobacco

slop bowl
  • Archaic
9.1

A bowl for holding leftover tea or coffee from cups

8.2

A bowl for holding kitchen scraps to feed animals like pigs

How Much

barrel
164 1.0
bucket
207 1.0
bowl
203 1.0
cup
846 1.0
tablespoon
99 1.0
teaspoon
83 1.0

Surface Forms

bowl singular
bowls plural

Etymology

Bowl used for an amount comes from the same old root bolla and from the simple idea of naming food by its container; just like 'a cup' can mean the amount in a cup, 'a bowl' means the quantity that fits in that round dish.