écuelle

noun

A two-handled bowl for soup or porridge.

OriginFrench écuelle →
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Meanings

nounécuelle (plural écuelles)

plural écuelles

  1. A two-handled bowl for soup or porridge.
verbécuelle (third-person singular simple present écuelles, present participle écuelling, simple past and past participle écuelled)

present singular third person écuelles · participle present écuelling · participle past écuelled · past écuelled

  1. transitiveTo rub the surface of (fruit) in a bowl to extract essential oil.

Origin

  1. Frenchécuelle
  2. Englishécuelle

Borrowed from French écuelle. Doublet of scuttle and scutella.

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APA

écuelle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%A9cuelle

MLA

“écuelle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%A9cuelle. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “écuelle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%A9cuelle.

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