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coffee bowl

coffee bowl noun: a small bowl in which coffee is served, especially in France.

Noun

coffee bowl (plural coffee bowls)

  1. A small bowl in which coffee is served, especially in France.
    • The old mother smiled, steeping her bread in the coffee-bowl.1871, Ouida, chapter III, in Folle-Farine, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., published 1874, page 95
    • Taking the coffee bowl between his two hands, he drank a little.1921, John Dos Passos, Three Soldiers, New York: Modern Library, Part Five, III, p. 139

Forms of coffee bowl

pluralcoffee bowls

Questions about coffee bowl

What does coffee bowl mean?
Coffee bowl means a small bowl in which coffee is served, especially in France.
What part of speech is coffee bowl?
Coffee bowl is a noun.
What is the plural of coffee bowl?
The plural of coffee bowl is coffee bowls.

Words near coffee bowl in the dictionary

  1. coffee bars
  2. coffee bean
  3. coffee beans
  4. coffee berries
  5. coffee berry
  6. coffee bowl
  7. coffee bowls
  8. coffee break
  9. coffee breaks
  10. coffee bush
  11. coffee bushes

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