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gowpen

UK/ˈɡaʊpən/

gowpen noun: a bowl made of the two hands cupped together.

gowpen: a bowl made of the two hands cupped together
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Noun

gowpen (plural gowpens)

  1. (Scotland) A bowl made of the two hands cupped together.
    • it was ordered by Marina, who had it framed and set up in her bedroom next to a picture of her brother at twelve or fourteen clad in a bayronka (open shirt) and cupping a guinea pig in his gowpen (hollowed hands) […]1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 313

gowpen meaning in Tamil

gowpen in Tamil

கையளவு

Forms of gowpen

pluralgowpens
alternative formgowpin

Origin of gowpen

From Old Norse gaupn (“hollow made by cupped hands”). Doublet of yepsen.

Words formed from gowpen

Questions about gowpen

What does gowpen mean?
Gowpen means a bowl made of the two hands cupped together.
What is gowpen in Tamil?
Gowpen in Tamil is கையளவு. See Gowpen meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gowpen?
Gowpen is a noun.
How do you pronounce gowpen?
Gowpen is pronounced /ˈɡaʊpən/ (UK).
What is the plural of gowpen?
The plural of gowpen is gowpens.

Words near gowpen in the dictionary

  1. gownman
  2. gownmen
  3. gowns
  4. gownsman
  5. gownsmen
  6. gowpen
  7. gowpenful
  8. gowpenfuls
  9. gowpens
  10. gowpin
  11. gowpins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gowpen (page history and authors); gowpen (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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