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bowl

Definition

noun: a round container that has tall, curving sides and that is used for preparing or serving foods and liquids
noun: a concave usually nearly hemispherical vessel
verb: to roll (a ball) towards something especially in the game of bowling or lawn bowling
used in names
synonyms: fiddlestick, incline, bend

Examples

a soup/salad/pasta 'bowl' [=a bowl used for serving or eating soup/salad/pasta]
celebrities who cannot escape from the 'goldfish bowl' of constant publicity
She 'bowled over' [='amazed'] the judges with her excellent performance.

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(..) - Smarties cereals. - Oh my God! I didn't even know Smarties made a cereal. They don't. It's just Smarties in a bowl with milk. Case closed! It's too much sugar, that's all! No no! Hold on now! I basically live on sugar and we've never had (..)
2006 TvShow: The IT Crowd Title: Aunt Irma Visits Season: 1 Episode 6