bowl

The word “bowl” means a round, open container used to hold or serve food such as soup, salad, or cereal. In plain terms, a round dish for food, or (in cricket) to throw the ball at the batsman.

“Bowl” is pronounced bohl (/boʊl/ in IPA).

Here is “bowl” used in a sentence: “She poured the batter into a large mixing bowl.”

Depending on how it is used, “bowl” can be a noun and a verb.

The word “bowl” comes from Old English. From Old English "bolla" or "bolle," meaning a cup or round vessel, going back to a Germanic root meaning "ball" or "round object.".

“Bowl” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A1 level.

“Bowl” has 3 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: a round, open container used to hold or serve food such as soup, salad, or cereal.

A bowl is deep and round with high sides, made to hold liquids or loose food like soup, cereal, or salad. A plate is flat and shallow, better for foods that don't roll or spill, such as steak or toast. Depth is the key difference between them.

Bowls are usually named by their job: cereal and soup bowls for individual meals, salad bowls, mixing bowls for cooking, serving bowls for the table, and small dipping bowls for sauces. They come in ceramic, glass, plastic, metal, and wood, in many sizes.

A cup is tall and narrow, made for drinking and often fitted with a handle. A bowl is wide and open, made for eating from with a spoon or fork. You sip from a cup but eat out of a bowl, though both can hold liquids.