sugar bowl

noun

A small receptacle for serving sugar on a table or on a tray.

Similar
sucriersugar basin
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Meanings

nounsugar bowl (plural sugar bowls)

plural sugar bowls

  1. A small receptacle for serving sugar on a table or on a tray.

    Synonyms: sucrier, sugar basin

  2. The legal maxim that searches must be limited to areas which could reasonably contain evidence relevant to the purpose for which the search warrant was granted. (The maxim is often quoted as "if you are looking for stolen televisions, you cannot look in sugar bowls")

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA small receptacle for serving sugar on a table or on a tray.

Similar
sucriersugar basin
Also see
sugar basin

Translations

Arabic سُكَّرِيَّة
  • سُكَّرِيَّة (sukkariyya)small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
Bulgarian захарни́ца
  • захарни́ца (zaharníca)small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
Catalan sucrera
  • sucrerasmall receptacle for serving sugar on a table
Danish sukkerbøsse
  • sukkerbøssesmall receptacle for serving sugar on a table
Esperanto sukerujo
  • sukerujosmall receptacle for serving sugar on a table
Finnish sokeriastia, sokerikuppi
  • sokeriastiasmall receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • sokerikuppismall receptacle for serving sugar on a table
French sucrier
  • sucriersmall receptacle for serving sugar on a table
German Zuckerschale
  • Zuckerschalesmall receptacle for serving sugar on a table
Greek ζαχαριέρα
  • ζαχαριέρα (zachariéra)small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
Hungarian cukortartó
  • cukortartósmall receptacle for serving sugar on a table
Italian zuccheriera
  • zuccherierasmall receptacle for serving sugar on a table
Latvian cukurtrauks
  • cukurtraukssmall receptacle for serving sugar on a table
Persian قندان
  • قندانsmall receptacle for serving sugar on a table
Polish cukiernica
  • cukiernicasmall receptacle for serving sugar on a table
Portuguese açucareiro
  • açucareirosmall receptacle for serving sugar on a table
Romanian zaharniță
  • zaharnițăsmall receptacle for serving sugar on a table
Russian са́харница
  • са́харница (sáxarnica)small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
Slovak cukornička
  • cukorničkasmall receptacle for serving sugar on a table
Spanish azucarero
  • azucarerosmall receptacle for serving sugar on a table
Swedish sockerskål
  • sockerskålsmall receptacle for serving sugar on a table
Turkish şeker kasesi, şekerlik
  • şeker kasesismall receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • şekerliksmall receptacle for serving sugar on a table
Ukrainian цу́корниця
  • цу́корниця (cúkornycja)small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
Urdu شَکَر دان
  • شَکَر دان (śakardān)small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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