Bowl Bəʊl Washing Up I Noun Salad/Fruit/Sugar Refilled Dog's

• a salad/fruit/sugar bowl
• a washing-up bowl
• i refilled the dog's water bowl.
• sieve the flour into a bowl.

bowl

1. a deep round dish with a wide open top, used especially for holding food or liquid
• SEE ALSO begging bowl
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/begging-bowl
• a salad/fruit/sugar bowl
• a washing-up bowl
• I refilled the dog's water bowl.
• Sieve the flour into a bowl.

Extra Examples

• I helped myself to an apple from the bowl.
• Mix the ingredients in a deep bowl.
• The bowl was overflowing.
• The boy was drinking milk out of a bowl.
• The cat drank some milk from the bowl
• The washing-up bowl was overflowing.
• This bowl holds about four pints.
• a washing-up bowl full of dirty dishes
2. the amount contained in a bowl
• He poured himself a bowl of soup.
• I ate a bowl of cereal.
• a bowl of rice/noodles/porridge/water
3. the part of some objects that is like a bowl in shape
• the bowl of a spoon
• a toilet/lavatory bowl
4. a large round theatre without a roof, used for concerts, etc. outdoors
• the Hollywood Bowl
5. a heavy wooden ball that is used in the games of bowls and bowling
6. a game played on an area of very smooth grass, in which players take turns to roll bowls as near as possible to a small ball
7. a game of American football played after the main season between the best teams
• the Super Bowl

Word Origin

• noun senses 1 to 4 and noun sense 7 Old English bolle, bolla, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bol ‘round object’, also to boll. noun senses 5 to 6 late Middle English (in the general sense ‘ball’): from Old French boule, from Latin bulla ‘bubble’.