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salad bowl

salad bowl noun: a bowl used for tossing and serving salad.

Noun

salad bowl (plural salad bowls)

  1. A bowl used for tossing and serving salad.
  2. The silver bowl awarded to the winners of the Davis Cup.
  3. (figuratively) A metaphor for the way an intercultural society can integrate different cultures while maintaining their separate identities.
    • New York City can be considered a "salad bowl".
    Synonyms:
    tossed salad

Synonyms of salad bowl

Forms of salad bowl

pluralsalad bowls

Questions about salad bowl

What does salad bowl mean?
Salad bowl means a bowl used for tossing and serving salad.
What part of speech is salad bowl?
Salad bowl is a noun.
What is the plural of salad bowl?
The plural of salad bowl is salad bowls.

Words near salad bowl in the dictionary

  1. salad
  2. salad bar
  3. salad bars
  4. salad bird
  5. salad birds
  6. salad bowl
  7. Salad Bowl of the Philippines
  8. salad bowls
  9. salad burnet
  10. salad burnets
  11. salad cream

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