bowl

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  1. noun A hemispherical vessel, wider than it is deep, used for holding food or fluids.
  2. noun The contents of such a vessel.
  3. noun A drinking goblet.
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  • And at the base of the bowl was a red liquid, bubbling slowly. —  F ;SF; - vol 096 issue 05 - May 1999
  • The effect of the flowers in the bowl was all that could be desired. —  Eternity Ring - Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver 13: 1948
  • In the center of the bowl was the lake, supported on a thick bed of moss, cradled in the arms of gigantic trees. —  Death Gate Cycle 2 - Elven Star
  • Under the bowl was a cork-topped bathroom stool, and beside the bowl, over the outlet end of the bath, was the gas water-heater. —  St. Peter’s Finger - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 09: 1938
  • Although Clemson has to be frustrated at controlling a game only to see it slip away, just making it to a bowl was an achievement. —  Anderson Independent Mail Stories
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cup ·  dish ·  pot ·  basket ·  pan ·  basin ·  tray ·  mug ·  box ·  bucket ·  vase ·  container

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bowl:   bowling ·  bowls ·  bowled

Etymologies (5)

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  1. Middle English bowle, from Old English bolla; see bhel-2 in Indo-European roots.
  2. Middle English boule, from Old French, from Latin bulla, round object.

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  1. Prop., as in early modern English, boll, and still so spelled in some senses (see boll and boll); from Middle English bolle, from Anglo-Saxon bolla, a bowl, = OFries. bolla (in comp.) = Old High German bolla, Middle High German bolle, a round vessel, German bolle, a bulb, onion, = Icelandic bolli = Swedish bål = Danish bolle, a bowl; cf. French bol, a bowl, German bowle, a bowl, from English bowl. Some-what confused with bowl and other forms from Latin bulla (see bull, bill, boil, etc.); prob. ult. akin to bole, ball, etc.
  2. from Middle English bowle, boule, from Old French boule, French boule = Provencal bola = Spanish Portuguese bola = Italian bolla, bulla, a ball, from Latin bulla, a bubble, a stud, any round object, later English bull, bill, etc. Somewhat confused with bowl, bole, and ball.
  3. from bowl, n.
 

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