fishbowl
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈfɪʃboʊl/
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pecera
- She decorated the fishbowl with colorful pebbles and plants for her new pet.
So one day Dan thought it'd be a funny joke to go and clean Waffles fishbowl.
- So one day Dan thought it'd be a funny joke to go and clean Waffles fishbowl.
- But but it's really based on on this joke of there's these two young fish swimming in this fishbowl and an older fish swims by and says, hey, boys, how's the water?
- Now, the fantastic thing today is that this fishbowl keeps changing shape every day.
- So you, you do your business and then you have a little scooper like you're cleaning your fishbowl like or like and, and I had to go into my toilet.
Examples
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When I was teaching at a preschool as a novice teacher, I kept five goldfish in a fishbowl in the science section of my classroom.
Academic text (2002) -
The top of his desk was tidy, holding only a phone, a plant, and a fishbowl in which a solitary goldfish swam aimlessly.
Fiction book (1992) -
Please step over to the fishbowl.
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That looks like a fishbowl!
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Do you still have the fishbowl?
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Somebody took the fish out of the fishbowl and put it in a bowl with no water.
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Come on, Si, sit down, let's all share a fishbowl.
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I can't see her fishbowl.
Fiction book (1998) -
The goldfish swam happily in the fishbowl on the kitchen counter.
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Every day, he fed the goldfish in the fishbowl and cleaned the water.
Synonyms
370
1.0
A round deep dish with an open top used to hold food or liquid
115
2.7
A tank of water for keeping fish and water plants
18
1.5
A glass box that holds water for keeping live fish
1
1.4
A clear round container to keep small pet fish
1
3.0
A round clear glass container used to keep small pet fish
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Morphology
Etymology
The word fishbowl is just the two words fish and bowl put together and first meant a clear glass bowl for keeping small fish so you can easily see them from all sides.