Meanings
nounfood bowl (plural food bowls)
plural food bowls
- A bowl that is used to serve food, especially to pets.
If your puppy guards his food bowl, you can help to discourage this unfortunate tendency by playing the following training game.
2006, Patty Dobbs Gross, The Golden Bridge: Selecting and Training Assistance Dogs for Children with Social, Emotional, and Educational Challenges - A region that has the conditions required to produce a large amount of food; a breadbasket.
Synonyms: foodshed, breadbasket · Antonyms: food desert
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA region that has the conditions required to produce a large amount of food; a breadbasket.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 飼料碗 /饲料碗
- 飼料碗 /饲料碗 (sìliàowǎn)bowl
Danish madskål
- madskålbowl
Dutch etensbak, voerbak
- etensbakbowl
- voerbakbowl
Finnish ruokakuppi
- ruokakuppibowl
French gamelle
- gamellebowl
German Fressnapf, Futternapf
- Fressnapfbowl
- Futternapfbowl
Polish miska
- miskabowl
Romanian bol de mâncare, bol de hrană
- bol de mâncarebowl
- bol de hranăbowl
Spanish cuenco
- cuencobowl
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APA
food bowl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/food%20bowl
MLA
“food bowl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/food%20bowl. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “food bowl,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/food%20bowl.
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