rice bowl
English
noun
Definitions
- A small bowl from which rice is eaten.
- A region that produces abundant rice.
- A person's livelihood or source of income.
- A jealously defended institutional resource such as a programme, project, or budget.
Etymology
Compound from English rice + English bowl.
Origin
English
bowl
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Super Bowl English
- bowl English
- bowler English
- bowlful English
- bowllike English
- dustbowl English
- embowl English
- fishbowl English
- nonrice English
- nutbowl English
- outbowl English
- punchbowl English
- rice English
- rice growing English
- rice noodle English
- ricebird English
- riceburger English
- ricefield English
- ricefish English
- ricegrass English
- ricegrower English
- riceless English
- ricelike English
- ricemeal English
- ricer English
- riceroot English
- slop-bowl English
- swill-bowl English
- tea bowl English
- teabowl English
- toilet bowl English
- washbowl English
- Bowle German
- bowlen Dutch, Flemish
- omelette French
- ボウル Japanese
- ライス Japanese
- ライスワーク Japanese
- bolle Middle English
- rys Middle English
- bowle Danish
- bovlo Esperanto
- bole Latvian
- bòl Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ilayisi Zulu
- raij Marshallese
- irayisi Xhosa
- rais Tok Pisin
- lilayisi Swati
- alesi Sranan Tongo
- rais Chuukese
- raes Bislama
- rais Pohnpeian
- rais Nigerian Pidgin