Added 7 October 2026
bowl
/bəʊl/ noun
In Latin: catinus Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about bowl at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix, prepare or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
You can’t have any more soup – you’ve had three bowls already.
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As much as is held by a bowl.
You can’t have any more soup – you’ve had three bowls already.
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A dish comprising a mix of different foods served in a bowl, usually named after the base ingredient at the bottom or after a different dish that it simulates.
This restaurant offers a number of different bowls.
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Origin
From Middle English bolle, from Old English bolla, bolle (“bowl, cup, pot, beaker, measure”), from Proto-West Germanic *bollā, from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ (“ball, round vessel, bowl”). Cognate with North Frisian bol (“bun, bread roll”), Middle Low German bolle, bole (“round object”), Dutch bol (“ball, sphere, scoop, dot”), German Bolle (“bulb”), Danish bolle (“bowl, bread roll”), Icelandic bolli (“cup”). Doublet of boule and pulla.
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