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gowpen

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɡaʊpən

Definitions

A bowl made of the two hands cupped together.

Scotland

Equivalents

Españolambuesta
DeutschHändeschale
Italianogiumella
2 more languages
Suomikahmalo
Polskigarstka

Examples

“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) […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

gowpenful Gowran Gowrie Gowrie Park Gowro gowt

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