soup bowl

noun

A deep bowl, designed for serving soup.

Meanings

soup bowl1

nounsoup bowl (plural soup bowls)

plural soup bowls · alternative dated soup-bowl · alternative uncommon soupbowl

  1. A deep bowl, designed for serving soup.

Soup Bowl2

proper nounSoup Bowl or the Soup Bowl
  1. A coastal area at the village of Bathsheba, in Saint Joseph, Barbados, known for many surfing events.

Origin

From soup bowl, after the waves that resemble a bowl of soup.

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Translations

Catalan escudella
  • escudellaa deep bowl, designed for serving soup
Chinese Mandarin 湯碗 /汤碗
  • 湯碗 /汤碗 (tāngwǎn)a deep bowl, designed for serving soup
German Suppenteller
  • Suppentellera deep bowl, designed for serving soup
Italian scodella
  • scodellaa deep bowl, designed for serving soup
Japanese 汁椀, スープボウル
  • 汁椀 (shiruwan)a deep bowl, designed for serving soup
  • スープボウル (sūpu bōru)a deep bowl, designed for serving soup
Korean 국그릇, 수프 그릇
  • 국그릇 (gukgeureut)a deep bowl, designed for serving soup
  • 수프 그릇 (supeu geureut)a deep bowl, designed for serving soup
Polish miska do zupy
  • miska do zupya deep bowl, designed for serving soup
Cite this entry
APA

soup bowl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soup%20bowl

MLA

“soup bowl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soup%20bowl. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soup bowl,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soup%20bowl.

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