soup bowl
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1.0
- noun
- /suːp boʊl/
:
tazón para sopa
- Get over here, I'm going to fill up your soup bowl.
- ladle into soup bowls
- serve in soup bowls
- soup bowls garnished
Examples
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She holds the soup bowl in one hand, the muddy-colored beef barley soup close to spilling.
Fiction book (1990) -
Servants took the soup bowls, replacing them with plates laden with meat and vegetables.
Fiction book (1994) -
So this poor woman, if she eats, the level in the soup bowl will go down.
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"She looked at me over the rim of her soup bowl, and obviously decided not to ask me the next question.
Fiction book (1997) -
LAROUSSE: I need more soup bowls, please.
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I bet he's back there getting soup bowls for everybody.
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As she set the soup bowl down, Hilda rested her hand on his shoulder.
Fiction book (1996) -
In China, it's proper to pick up your soup bowl and drink from it.
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Spoon wontons into soup bowls, ladle in broth, and garnish with cilantro.
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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1.8
A deep plate with a wide rim used for serving soup
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9.9
A small shallow bowl with a handle used for soup or porridge
How Deep
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'soup' (a liquid food) with 'bowl' (a round dish): a 'soup bowl' is simply a bowl for soup. This is a regular noun-noun compositional pattern common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Soup bowl is a simple compound of soup and bowl. Think of a deep, round dish that holds hot liquid so you can eat it. That's why it means 'a bowl for serving and eating soup'.