bowl
n. countablen. a round, deep dish that you use for holding food or liquid. You usually use it for things like soup, cereal, or salad.
n. a round, open-top vessel with a curved interior used for containing food or liquids.
I eat my cereal from a large blue bowl.
The chef placed a steaming bowl of vegetable soup on the table next to the fresh bread.
While flat plates are suitable for solid entrees, a deep ceramic bowl is essential for serving liquid-based dishes to prevent spills and retain heat during the meal.
From Middle English bolle, from Old English bolla, bolle (“bowl, cup, pot, beaker, measure”), from Proto-West Germanic bollā, from Proto-Germanic bullǭ (“ball, round vessel, bowl”). Cognate with North Frisian bol (“bun, bread roll”), Middle Low German bolle, bole (“round object”), Dutch bol (“ball, sphere, scoop, dot”), German Bolle (“bulb”), Danish bolle (“bowl, bread roll”), Icelandic bolli (“cup”). Doublet of boule and pulla.
From Middle English bowle, boule, from Old French boule (“ball”), from Latin bulla (“bubble, stud, round object”). Doublet of poll.