Meaning of soupbowl | Babel Free

Definitions

Uncommon form of soup bowl.

form-of, uncommon

Examples

“Campaign promises include⟳ Rothman’s program⟳ calling for “a matzoh ball in every soupbowl”, and a Kaye proposal that would “make⟳ one thing perfectly clear.” […] “I will personally mail them to every student on campus,” continued Rothman, adding that soup and soupbowls must be provided by the individual students.”

“Soup is usually served in a large bowl in the centre of the table, and each person helps himself to his soup bowl. Individual soupbowls are usually smaller than ricebowls. […] As a New Year sweet this is often served rather formally in a lidded Chinese teacup, but as an ordinary sweet snack it may be served in a soupbowl.”

“Along the walls, busboys in short white jackets stood waiting to remove⟳ the caviar plates and soupbowls when they’d been emptied. […] She pushed her soupbowl away. […] Foxx saw⟳ the busboy approaching to remove⟳ the soupbowl and concentrated on the youth’s face⟳.”

“Tests and experiments conducted in loose, dry soil, more similar to where US silos are based, produced smaller-diameter, soupbowl-like craters.”

“It is not uncommon for all the family to drink⟳ from the big soupbowl in the middle of the table, though when guests are present⟳, individual soupbowls, small serving plates and shallow dishes for sauces are also set⟳.”

“In Houston, he drank coffee by the gallon, traded his Brooks Brothers ensemble for a confronting range of cowboywear, and took to stalking the hallways in lizard skin boots and tight jeans augmented by a soupbowl-sized belt buckle he had bought off an aging rodeo champion.”

“Mojitos come⟳ in glasses of soupbowl-like proportions, and food servings are generous.”

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