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Collocations for bowl - noun

ADJECTIVE

deep, shallow
empty, full
ceramic, china, crystal, cut-glass, earthenware, enamel, glass
food
cereal, dessert (AmE), pudding (BrE), salad, soup
fruit, punch (usually punchbowl), sugar
water
I refilled the dog's water bowl.
mixing, serving
washing-up (BrE)
a washing-up bowl full of dirty dishes
finger (= for washing your fingers at the table)
I put down the chicken bone and rinsed my fingers in the finger bowl.
begging (figurative)
The school is always having to get out the begging bowl for books and basic equipment.
goldfish
lavatory (BrE), toilet

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VERB + bowl

fill, pour (sb), pour sth into
He poured himself a bowl of soup.
empty
eat
I ate a bowl of cereal.

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bowl + VERB

contain sth, hold sth
a bowl containing flour
This bowl holds about four pints.
overflow
The bowl was overflowing.

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PREPOSITION

from a/the bowl
I helped myself to an apple from the bowl.
The cat drank some milk from the bowl
out of a/the bowl
The boy was drinking milk out of a bowl.
in a/the bowl, into a/the bowl
Mix the ingredients in a deep bowl.
Sieve the flour into a bowl.
bowl of
a bowl of cherries

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Collocations for bowl - verb

Bowl is used with these nouns as the subject:
bowler

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Bowl is used with these nouns as the object:
ball, side

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