punch bowl
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2.6
- noun
- /pʌnʧ boʊl/
- She ladled the delicious mixture into the punch bowl for everyone to enjoy.
- punch bowl and a ladle
- silver punch bowl
- glass punch bowl
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Examples
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Get me to the punch bowl, Mother.
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Granny brings people cups of steaming punch from a punch bowl.
Fiction book (1991) -
Can you put it where the kids had their punch bowl?
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You were by the punch bowl.
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The camera fell in the punch bowl.
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There is a long buffet table and a punch bowl.
Fiction book (1993) -
Tom followed Michael and Lisa over to the punch bowl.
Fiction book (1998) -
The room was crowded with people, and at both ends of it stood a table with a punch bowl and cookies on it.
Fiction book (1998) -
Zeke went over to the punch bowl to get a drink.
Fiction book (2001) -
Nicole and Kimberly stand by the punch bowl, chatting.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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1.0
A round deep dish with an open top used to hold food or liquid
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9.9
A large bowl for serving drinks like punch or ale
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9.9
A large silver bowl with a notched rim used to cool glasses or serve punch
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Morphology
The meaning 'a large bowl used to serve punch' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'punch' (the drink) with 'bowl' (a container). This straightforward noun+noun composition follows common compounding patterns in English (and equivalents exist in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
Punch bowl comes from the simple picture of a large bowl holding punch, the shared drink at parties. Because people ladled and drank from the same bowl, the name now means 'a large, deep bowl used for serving drinks'.