bowl
A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
Other meanings
As much as is held by a bowl.
A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl.
A kind of
- dish
Kinds of bowl
- cereal bowl
- finger bowl
- mixing bowl
- punch bowl
- salad bowl
- soup bowl
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "bolla".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “bowl” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.