Bowl Washing Up I Noun Bre Bəʊl Boʊl Salad/Fruit/Sugar

• a salad/fruit/sugar, etc. bowl
• a washing-up bowl
• a bowl of soup
• the bowl of a spoon

bowl

1. a deep round dish with a wide open top, used especially for holding food or liquid
• a salad/fruit/sugar, etc. bowl
• a washing-up bowl
2. the amount contained in a bowl
• a bowl of soup
3. the part of some objects that is shaped like a bowl
• 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
• See related entries: Games
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/games/bowl_3
7. a game of American football played after the main season between the best teams
• See related entries: American football
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/american_football/bowl_1
• the Super Bowl

Extra Examples

• He poured himself a bowl of soup.
• I ate a bowl of cereal.
• I helped myself to an apple from the bowl.
• I put down the chicken bone and rinsed my fingers in the finger bowl.
• I refilled the dog’s water bowl.
• Mix the ingredients in a deep bowl.
• Sieve the flour into a bowl.
• The bowl was overflowing.
• The boy was drinking milk out of a bowl.
• The cat drank some milk from the bowl
• The school is always having to get out the begging bowl for books and basic equipment.
• The washing-up bowl was overflowing.
• This bowl holds about four pints.
• a washing-up bowl full of dirty dishes
• a salad/fruit/sugar 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’.