finger bowl
finger bowl noun: a small bowl of warm water placed at each seat at a formal dinner for the guests to rinse their fingers with between courses.
Noun
finger bowl (plural finger bowls)
- A small bowl of warm water placed at each seat at a formal dinner for the guests to rinse their fingers with between courses.
- In the cut-glass age, when young ladies had persuaded young men with long, curly mustaches to marry them, they sat down several months afterward and wrote thank-you notes for all sorts of cut-glass presents—punch bowls, finger-bowls, dinner-glasses, wine-glasses, ice-cream dishes, bonbon dishes...1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Cut-Glass Bowl”, in Scribner's Magazine
- Synonyms:
- finger glass
finger bowl meaning in Tamil and Indonesian
finger bowl in Tamil
- கைக்கலன், கைகழுவு கிண்ணம்
finger bowl in Indonesian
- bowl to rinse one's fingers
- kobokan
Synonyms of finger bowl
Forms of finger bowl
| plural | finger bowls |
|---|---|
| alternative form | fingerbowl |
| alternative form | finger-bowl |
Questions about finger bowl
- What does finger bowl mean?
- Finger bowl means a small bowl of warm water placed at each seat at a formal dinner for the guests to rinse their fingers with between courses.
- What is finger bowl in Tamil?
- Finger bowl in Tamil is கைக்கலன், கைகழுவு கிண்ணம். See Finger bowl meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is finger bowl?
- Finger bowl is a noun.
- What is the plural of finger bowl?
- The plural of finger bowl is finger bowls.
Words near finger bowl in the dictionary
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