- bowl
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ deep, shallow▪ empty, full▪ ceramic, china, crystal, cut-glass, earthenware, enamel, glass▪ food▪ cereal, dessert (AmE), pudding (BrE), salad, soup▪ fruit, punch (usually punchbowl), sugar▪ water▪
I refilled the dog's water bowl.
▪ mixing, serving▪ washing-up (BrE)▪a washing-up bowl full of dirty dishes
▪ finger (= for washing your fingers at the table)▪I put down the chicken bone and rinsed my fingers in the finger bowl.
▪ begging (figurative)▪The school is always having to get out the begging bowl for books and basic equipment.
▪ goldfish▪ lavatory (BrE), toiletVERB + BOWL▪ fill, pour (sb), pour sth into▪He poured himself a bowl of soup.
▪ empty▪ eat▪I ate a bowl of cereal.
BOWL + VERB▪ contain sth, hold sth▪a bowl containing flour
▪This bowl holds about four pints.
▪ overflow▪The bowl was overflowing.
PREPOSITION▪ from a/the bowl▪I helped myself to an apple from the bowl.
▪The cat drank some milk from the bowl
▪ out of a/the bowl▪The boy was drinking milk out of a bowl.
▪ in a/the bowl, into a/the bowl▪Mix the ingredients in a deep bowl.
▪Sieve the flour into a bowl.
▪ bowl of▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}a bowl of cherries
verbBowl is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑bowler
Collocations dictionary. 2013.