slop bowl
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.
bowl
UK /boʊl/ US /bɐʉl/
noun 7verb 5
Collocations
19(noun.)
ADJ
deep, shallow | empty, full | ceramic, china, crystal, cut-glass, earthenware, enamel, glass
food, fruit, porridge, pudding, punch, punchbowl, salad, soup, sugar, water
She served fresh fruit salad in a large ceramic bowl at the dinner party.
mixing, serving | washing-up
finger
After the meal, she dipped her fingers in the small bowl of warm water.
begging
The charity had to pass around the begging bowl to raise money for the new shelter.
goldfish | lavatory, toilet
VERB + BOWL
fill, pour (sb), pour sth into
She filled a bowl with fresh fruit for the children's snack time.
empty | drink from/out of, eat from/out of
BOWL + VERB
contain sth, hold sth
The ceramic bowl held fresh fruit salad for the family picnic.
overflow
After the heavy rain, the gutters and drains overflowed across the neighborhood.
PREP
from a/the ~
She grabbed a handful of popcorn from the bowl during the movie.
out of a/the ~
She scooped the ice cream out of the bowl and onto her plate.
in/into a/the ~
She poured the hot soup into a large bowl and carefully carried it to the table.
~ of
My grandmother always keeps a bowl of fresh fruit on the kitchen table.
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