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rice bowls

rice bowls is the plural of rice bowl.

Meaning of rice bowl

Noun

rice bowl (plural rice bowls)

  1. A small bowl from which rice is typically eaten.
  2. (figuratively) A region that produces abundant rice.
  3. A dish (typically eaten from a bowl) of which rice is a primary ingredient, such as donburi.
  4. (figuratively) A person's livelihood or source of income.
  5. (slang) A jealously defended institutional resource such as a program, project, or budget.

Questions about rice bowls

What is rice bowls the plural of?
Rice bowls is the plural of rice bowl.

Words near rice bowls in the dictionary

  1. rice biscuit
  2. rice biscuits
  3. rice blast
  4. rice bowl
  5. Rice Bowl of the Philippines
  6. rice bowls
  7. rice box
  8. rice boxes
  9. Rice Bubbles
  10. rice burner
  11. rice burners

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