soupbowl

plural soupbowls

1. uncommonUncommon form of soup bowl.

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

   1985, William M. Arkin, Andrew S. Burrows, Richard W. Fieldhouse, Thomas B. Cochran, Robert S. Norris, Jeffrey I. Sands, “Nuclear weapons”, in World Armaments and Disarmament: SIPRI Yearbook 1985, London; Philadelphia, Pa.: Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 46

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   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.

   1971 February, Kim Rogers, Flambeau, pages 12 (1 February, “Cop-Out Party is formed”) and 8 (5 February, “13,000 ‘votes’ for Cop-Out Party; Government in exile”)

   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.

   1972, Patricia Young, Ko Chai’s Chinese Kitchen, London: Kaye & Ward, published 1977, →ISBN, pages 24 and 165

   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.

   1981, Zack Tyler, Foxx!, Dell, →ISBN, pages 39–40

   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.

   1993, Elizabeth Chong, The Heritage of Chinese Cooking, Limited Editions, published 1994, →ISBN

   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.

   2003, Howard Hunt, Young Men on Fire, Scribner, →ISBN, page 35