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slop bowl

slop bowl noun: one of the four components of the traditional tea set. Tea drinkers emptied their unwanted, cold tea into the slop bowl before refilling their cups with fresh, hot tea.

slop bowl: one of the four components of the traditional tea set. Tea drinkers emptied their unwanted, cold...
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Noun

slop bowl (plural slop bowls)

  1. (idiomatic) One of the four components of the traditional tea set. Tea drinkers emptied their unwanted, cold tea into the slop bowl before refilling their cups with fresh, hot tea.
  2. (derogatory) A subset of fast casual food served in bowls and marketed as being healthier alternatives.
    Synonyms:
    bowlslop

Synonyms of slop bowl

Forms of slop bowl

pluralslop bowls

Questions about slop bowl

What does slop bowl mean?
Slop bowl means one of the four components of the traditional tea set. Tea drinkers emptied their unwanted, cold tea into the slop bowl before refilling their cups with fresh, hot tea.
What part of speech is slop bowl?
Slop bowl is a noun.
What is the plural of slop bowl?
The plural of slop bowl is slop bowls.

Words near slop bowl in the dictionary

  1. slooshing
  2. sloot
  3. Sloothby
  4. sloots
  5. slop
  6. slop bowl
  7. slop bowls
  8. slop bucket
  9. slop buckets
  10. slop chest
  11. slop chests

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