begging bowl
begging bowl noun: a bowl held by a beggar seeking money and food.
Noun
begging bowl (plural begging bowls)
- A bowl held by a beggar seeking money and food.
- Used in reference to a plea for help.
- Portugal has gone to the British government with a begging bowl asking for relaxation of quarantine restrictions.
begging bowl meaning in Hindi and Tamil
begging bowl in Hindi
- a begging bowl
- ठीकरा ṭhīkrā
begging bowl in Tamil
- சிரட்டை, யதிபாத்திரம், கடிஞை, இரைப்பெட்டி
Forms of begging bowl
| plural | begging bowls |
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Questions about begging bowl
- What does begging bowl mean?
- Begging bowl means a bowl held by a beggar seeking money and food.
- What is begging bowl in Hindi?
- Begging bowl in Hindi is ठीकरा (ṭhīkrā). See Begging bowl meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is begging bowl?
- Begging bowl is a noun.
- What is the plural of begging bowl?
- The plural of begging bowl is begging bowls.
Words near begging bowl in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: begging bowl (page history and authors); ठीकरा (Hindi) (page history and authors); begging bowl (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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