bowle

Noun

bowl (plural bowls)

1. As much as is held by a bowl.
   • You can’t have any more soup – you’ve had three bowls already.

   Synonyms:

   bowlful

2. 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.
3. The non-mesh outer-container part of a salad spinner.
4. The round container surface of a mortar (hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle).
5. A water bowl, such as for a pet.
6. One of the seven bowls of water used as ceremonial offerings in Buddhist practice.

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