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Collocations for bowl - noun

ADJ.

deep, shallow | empty, full | ceramic, china, crystal, cut-glass, earthenware, enamel, glass | food, fruit, porridge, pudding, punch (also ‘punchbowl’), salad, soup, sugar, water
I refilled the dog''s water bowl.
mixing, serving | washing-up | finger
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, toilet

VERB + BOWL

fill, pour (sb), pour sth into
He poured himself a bowl of soup.
empty | drink from/out of, eat from/out of

BOWL + VERB

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

PREP.

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

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