cereal bowl
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- noun
- /ˈsɪr.i.əl boʊl/
:
tazón para cereales
- Casey flipped her head to either side in a brief show of irritation but brought her cereal bowl to the sink, rinsed it out while standing on tiptoe, then followed her brother up onto the couch.
- an empty cereal bowl
- cereal bowl and milk
- rinse my cereal bowl
You know when you would sit down at a cereal bowl?
- You know when you would sit down at a cereal bowl?
- So you get with it a little cereal bowl, which is adorable, again with his little face on the side.
- Mega Guy and the cereal bowls make it.
- So if Slicks mom is watching this video can tell him about the cereal bowls.
- Somebody out there right now, you got a a Diet Coke and a cereal bowl on your night stand when it should be a Bible.
Examples
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Cereal bowls and plates with toast crumbs on them, coffee cups, juice glasses, and cutlery were stacked in the sink.
Fiction book (1996) -
The snowstorm has just begun, swirling high and dangerous, when she is awakened: clink, clink, his spoon hitting against the cereal bowl.
Fiction book (1992) -
I looked straight down into my cereal bowl.
Fiction book (1991) -
So you get with it a little cereal bowl, which is adorable, again with his little face on the side.
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Put that in your cereal bowl and see if it crackles.
Fiction book (1995) -
Eight cereal bowls were stacked on the table.
Fiction book (1993) -
Ellie, where's your cereal bowl?
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"Shana was placing her cereal bowl in the dishwasher and picked up the sponge to wash off the sink."
Fiction book (1993) -
"I'd be guessing a little over two more months at the rate they're lasting," he estimated, mumbling into his cereal bowl.
Fiction book (1997) -
Decker sat back down and poured some skim milk into his cereal bowl, already laden with strawberries and bananas.
Synonyms
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A round deep dish with an open top used to hold food or liquid
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A deep dish for serving and eating soup
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A bowl for mixing and serving salad
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A bowl of rice served with toppings, or a person's job that gives them money
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Morphology
The meaning 'a bowl used for serving or eating breakfast cereal' is directly and compositionally derived from 'cereal' (breakfast grain) + 'bowl' (round dish). This straightforward noun–noun compound expresses a functional relation (a bowl for cereal) and follows common cross‑linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Cereal bowl comes from the simple image of pouring crunchy cereal into a small bowl at breakfast. So it means 'a bowl used for serving or eating breakfast cereal'.